TypeORM

Data-mapper ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript using decorator-defined entities, supporting Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and other databases; common in NestJS apps.

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Works with AI agents:llms.txt CLI

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Where it fits

Database Access & ORMs · Schema-first ORMClass-and-decorator entities in TypeScript, especially in NestJS apps.Trade-off: Type safety on queries is weaker than Drizzle, Kysely or Prisma.

How TypeORM itself is built

1 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.

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Who uses it

No maker's live product on record yet, and 50 open-source projects that declare it in their code.

Declared in code 50How evidence is collected →

We haven't found a maker's live product that uses TypeORM yet — only the open-source projects below, which declare it in their code.

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ever-gauzy Ever® Gauzy™ - Open Business Management Platform (ERP/CRM/HRM/ATS/PM) - https://gauzy.coDatabase Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

ever-works Ever® Works™ - The Workshop for AI. An open agentic runtime that autonomously researches…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

kodus-ai AI Code Review with Full Control Over Model Choice and Costs.Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

appimage.github.io Given an URL to an AppImage, the GitHub action in this project inspects the AppImage and…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

plasmic Visual builder for React. Build apps, websites, and content. Integrate with your codebase.Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

Twenty Open-source CRM for managing contacts, companies, and deals, built as a self-hostable al…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

ever-demand Ever® Demand™ - Open Commerce Platform - https://everdemand.coDatabase Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

laudspeaker 📢 Laudspeaker is an Open Source Customer Engagement and Product Onboarding Platform. Op…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

omnivore Omnivore is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like reading.Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

packmind Packmind seamlessly captures your engineering playbook and turns it into AI context, gua…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

apitable 🚀🎉📚 APITable, an API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative apps and b…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

Cromwell WordPress-like CMS for Next.js websitesDatabase Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

iasql Cloud Infrastructure as data in PostgreSQLDatabase Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

llm-gateway Connect Your Agents And Harnesses With Any Provider 🦚Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

oneuptime Complete open-source monitoring and observability platform.Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

misskey 🌎 A completely free and open interplanetary-microblogging platform 🚀Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

gitpod The developer platform for on-demand cloud development environments to create software f…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

abc-user-feedback ABC User Feedback is a standalone web application that manages Voice of Customer (VoC) d…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

crossfeed External monitoring for organization assetsDatabase Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

nextjs-firebase-authentication Next.js + Firebase StarterDatabase Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

seerr Open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby.Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

typescript-ddd-example 🔷🎯 TypeScript DDD Example: Complete project applying Hexagonal Architecture and Domain…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

Maintainerr Looks and smells like Seerr, does the opposite. A library maintenance tool for Plex, Jel…Database Access & ORMsIn its code · source ↗

Open source: a project that declares TypeORM as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.

Reliability and open issues

Most wanted on GitHub

Migration generation drops and creates columns instead of altering resulting in data loss👍 97 · opened Jan 2019 · active Jun 2026
Support for scopes/global filters👍 76 · opened Feb 2018 · active Jul 2026
Performance of query with many `relations`👍 68 · opened Mar 2019 · active May 2026
findOne with relations does two queries.👍 65 · opened Mar 2020 · active Jul 2026
Support PostgreSQL 15 UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT👍 64 · opened Mar 2023 · active Jun 2026

Open on 2026-10-04 in typeorm/typeorm, with activity in the last year — issues and feature requests by 👍.

Alternatives to TypeORM

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PrismaA schema-first ORM with generated types and migrations.Open sourceFree tier37 makers · database access & ORMs

Drizzle ORMA thin, SQL-like TypeScript ORM that runs well on serverless and edge runtimes.Open sourceFree tier10 makers · database access & ORMs

KyselyA type-safe SQL query builder for TypeScript, with no schema file or code generation step of its own.Open sourceFree tier

SQLAlchemyPython backends (FastAPI, Flask, scripts) that want an ORM or a SQL toolkit over any relational database.Open sourceFree tier

SequelizeModels, associations and migrations in plain JavaScript Node.js apps, especially existing Express codebases.Open sourceFree tier

Questions makers ask about TypeORM

Is TypeORM free?

Yes — it is free, open-source software.

Is TypeORM open source or self-hostable?

Open source, and you can self-host it. source ↗

Can AI coding agents work with TypeORM?

It serves an llms.txt docs index; it has an official CLI (typeorm).

Who uses TypeORM?

No maker's live product we track yet; 50 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗