ORM posts
Articles tagged ORM on the Prisma blog: guides, announcements, and updates from the team building Prisma ORM and Prisma Postgres.
Data Migrations in Prisma 8
Write data migrations in TypeScript with Prisma 8. Backfill columns and transform data alongside schema changes using a type-safe query builder.
Introducing Create-Prisma: Start a Prisma App With One Command
create-prisma is a new CLI that creates an app with Prisma set up, a starter schema, seed data, database scripts, and optional Prisma Postgres setup.
TypeScript Migrations in Prisma 8
In Prisma 8, migrations are TypeScript files you can read, edit, and re-run with confidence. Every step is verified before it runs and again after, and every failure points directly at the operation that caused it.
MongoDB Without Compromise
Prisma 8 brings a MongoDB-native experience to TypeScript with type-safe queries, real migrations, polymorphic models, embedded collections, and typed aggregation pipelines.
Rethinking Database Migrations
Database migrations are brittle and they break when you're most vulnerable; when you're deploying to production. Prisma 8 migrations make them explicit, verifiable and safe to retry.
Prisma 8 Roadmap
Have you been wondering when you can start using Prisma 8 in your app? Take a look at our roadmap to find out.
The Next Evolution of Prisma ORM
A look at Prisma 8, a ground-up rethink of Prisma that improves queries, extensibility, migrations, and AI-friendly workflows while keeping Prisma’s schema-first approach.
Prisma ORM v7.4: Query Caching, Partial Indexes, and Major Performance Improvements
Prisma ORM v7.4 introduces query caching, partial indexes, and BigInt precision fixes—delivering significant performance improvements under load.
Prisma 7 AMA: Clearing Up the Why Behind the Changes
Prisma 7 introduces major architectural changes. We answer community AMA questions on performance, database support, the new client generator, and what’s next.
Prisma ORM 7.3.0: Faster queries, safer data, smoother upgrades
Prisma ORM 7.3.0 adds a new compilerBuild option (fast or small), speeds up raw queries by bypassing compilation, improves MSSQL and better-sqlite3 stability, reverts mapped enum behavior, and preserves BigInt precision in relationJoins JSON aggregation.
Announcing Prisma ORM 7.2.0
Prisma ORM 7.2.0 is out with key improvements: the return of the --url flag, smarter prisma init configs for Node and Bun, better CLI errors, and fixes for @db.Money. Upgrade today.
Prisma 7 Performance and Benchmarks
We reviewed community benchmarks comparing Prisma 6 and Prisma 7. Here’s what they measure, where regressions exist, and how we’re fixing them.