drizzle-orm

Drizzle ORM

~7.4kb minified+gzipped, zero dependencies, serverless-ready.

Quick Start

Install

# PostgreSQL
npm i drizzle-orm pg
npm i -D drizzle-kit @types/pg

# MySQL
npm i drizzle-orm mysql2
npm i -D drizzle-kit

# SQLite
npm i drizzle-orm better-sqlite3
npm i -D drizzle-kit @types/better-sqlite3

# Turso / LibSQL
npm i drizzle-orm @libsql/client
npm i -D drizzle-kit

# Bun SQL (PostgreSQL — zero extra deps)
bun add drizzle-orm
bun add -D drizzle-kit

# Bun SQLite (zero extra deps, sync APIs)
bun add drizzle-orm
bun add -D drizzle-kit

Config

// drizzle.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from "drizzle-kit";

export default defineConfig({
  dialect: "postgresql", // "postgresql" | "mysql" | "sqlite" | "turso" | "singlestore"
  schema: "./src/db/schema.ts",
  out: "./drizzle",
  dbCredentials: {
    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL!,
  },
});

Schema

// src/db/schema.ts
import { pgTable, serial, text, integer, timestamp } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";

export const users = pgTable("users", {
  id: serial().primaryKey(),
  name: text().notNull(),
  email: text().unique(),
  createdAt: timestamp().defaultNow(),
});

export const posts = pgTable("posts", {
  id: serial().primaryKey(),
  title: text().notNull(),
  content: text(),
  authorId: integer("author_id").references(() => users.id),
});

Connect & Query

import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/node-postgres";
import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
import * as schema from "./schema";

const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL!, { schema });

// select
const allUsers = await db.select().from(schema.users);

// insert
const [user] = await db.insert(schema.users)
  .values({ name: "Dan", email: "[email protected]" })
  .returning();

// update
await db.update(schema.users)
  .set({ name: "Daniel" })
  .where(eq(schema.users.id, 1));

// delete
await db.delete(schema.users).where(eq(schema.users.id, 1));

See references/connections.md for all provider setups (Neon, Turso, Supabase, D1, etc.).