Prisma Guides (Prisma ORM v7)

This section contains step-by-step guides for specific tasks with Prisma products, including Prisma ORM, Prisma Accelerate, and Prisma Postgres.

Quick start

Scaffold a new project with Prisma ORM and Prisma Postgres already set up:

bunx create-prisma@stable

Pick your framework and options from the prompts. To skip prompts use --yes, to set a framework upfront use --template (next, hono, svelte, astro, nuxt, tanstack-start, nest, elysia, turborepo).

Getting started

Next.js - Learn how to use Prisma ORM in a Next.js app and deploy it to Vercel
Hono - Learn how to use Prisma ORM in a Hono app
SvelteKit - Learn how to use Prisma ORM in a SvelteKit app
React Router 7 - Learn how to use Prisma ORM in a React Router 7 app
SolidStart - Learn how to use Prisma ORM in a SolidStart app

Deployment

Docker - Run a Prisma ORM app and its database with Docker Compose
Cloudflare Workers - Use Prisma ORM and Prisma Postgres in a Cloudflare Worker
Cloudflare D1 - Use Prisma ORM with Cloudflare D1
Turborepo - Share a Prisma ORM database package in a Turborepo monorepo
pnpm workspaces - Share a Prisma ORM database package in a pnpm workspace
Bun workspaces - Share a Prisma ORM database package in a Bun workspace

Database

Multiple databases - Use several Prisma Clients in one app
Expand-and-contract migrations - Migrate data safely with the expand and contract pattern
Schema changes - Handle migrations when working as a team

Switch to Prisma ORM

Integrations

AI SDK - Store chat sessions and messages with Prisma ORM and Next.js
GitHub Actions - Provision a Prisma Postgres database per pull request

Guides