Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to DBNova

You can interact with the database using TypeScript. Of course, for SQL databases, SQL is also supported, and there are some extensions as well.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations▲426

   A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations. - codemix/ts-sql

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   ORM for TypeScript with no query-builder, supporting full SQL queries▲220

   An extremely simple and explicit ORM for TypeScript - Seb-C/kiss-orm

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   PgTyped – Typesafe SQL in TypeScript and Postgres▲269

   pgTyped - Typesafe SQL in TypeScript. Contribute to adelsz/pgtyped development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Arctype▲492

   Supercharged SQL client for developers and teams

   2021 · clickhouse.com · its alternatives →

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   Visual SQL▲512

   Through months of design, prototypes, and user tests we made a visual version of SQL - which has proven to enable 80% of business users to write complex quer…

   2020 · chartio.com · its alternatives →

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   Bun-sqlgen – Type-safe raw SQL for Bun, no ORM▲55

   Types generator for your Bun.sql queries. Contribute to ilbertt/bun-sqlgen development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I wrote a database engine in TypeScript▲6

   Hi! I wanted to understand more about databases' internals so I wrote one from scratch. It has a T-SQL inspired syntax with support for functions and procedures. It can be used stand-alone as a SQL engine or with a server allowing for persistence and replication to other connected clients. Performance are nothing near sqlite of course but that's beside the point. It’s a small database engine that can run in a web app as a way to store session data, do small calculations on a web worker, store the document/data the user is editing or facilitate “multiplayer” feature by broadcasting the…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Node.js ORM to query SQL database through an array-like API▲123

   Hello everyone! I'm exited to share a NodeJS package I was working on for the past two months. The package is designed to simplify querying SQL databases through an array-like API. Qustar supports PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB, and offers TypeScript support for a robust development experience. It's in early stage of development. I would like to hear your thoughts about it.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Kysely, a type-safe SQL query builder for TypeScript▲90

   The most powerful type-safe SQL query builder for TypeScript

   2023 · kysely.dev · its alternatives →

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    Write universally accessible SQL, not library-specific ORM wrapper APIs▲112

    A pure ORM for writing native SQL queries yielding pure business objects - craigmichaelmartin/pure-orm

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SQL Database Schema Generator▲133

    Generate a 100% free database schema for your project

    2024 · supalaunch.com · its alternatives →

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    Doculite – Use SQLite as a Document Database▲160

    Hi! As I was working on a side project, I noticed I wanted to use SQLite like a Document Database on the server. So I built Doculite. DocuLite lets you use SQLite like Firebase Firestore. It's written in Typescript and an adapter on top of sqlite3 and sqlite. Reasons: 1) Using an SQL Database meant having less flexibility and iterating slower. 2) Alternative, proven Document Databases only offered client/server support. 3) No network. Having SQLite server-side next to the application is extremely fast. 4) Replicating Firestore's API makes it easy to use. 5) Listeners and real-time…

    2023 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    SQLite JavaScript - extend your database with JavaScript▲199

    Create custom SQLite functions in JavaScript. Extend your database with scalars, aggregates, window functions, and collations directly in JavaScript. - sqliteai/sqlite-js

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DBOS TypeScript – Lightweight Durable Execution Built on Postgres▲77

    Hi HN - Peter from DBOS here with my co-founder Qian (qianl_cs) Today we want to share our TypeScript library for lightweight durable execution. We’ve been working on it since last year and recently released v2.0 with a ton of new features and major API overhaul. https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-ts Durable execution means persisting the execution state of your program while it runs, so if it is ever interrupted or crashes, it automatically resumes from where it left off. Durable execution is useful for a lot of things: - Orchestrating long-running or…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ChartDB Agent – Cursor for DB schema design▲130

    Last year we launched ChartDB OSS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972238) - an open-source tool that generates ER diagrams from your database (via query/sql/dbml) without needing direct DB access. Now we’re launching the ChartDB Agent. It helps you design databases from scratch or make schema changes with natural language. You can: - Generate schemas by simply describing them in plain English - Brainstorm new tables, columns, and relationships with AI - Iterate visually in a diagram (ERD) - Deterministically export SQL script Try it out here -…

    2025 · app.chartdb.io · its alternatives →

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    Parse your Postgres queries into a fully-typed AST in TypeScript▲116

    Hey all, I'm the creator of @pg-nano/pg-parser. I'm using it in pg-nano[1] to statically analyze Postgres schemas spread across multiple SQL files for a couple of reasons: 1. Each CREATE statement needs to be in topological order, so pg-nano's dev command can execute them without issue. 2. pg-nano has a plugin system like Vite that allows SQL generation based on the parsed schema. Probably to the surprise of no one, working with an untyped AST feels like you're back in the days of JavaScript, because well... you are. Most of you know by now just how great TypeScript and static types in…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pg-typesafe – Strongly typed queries for PostgreSQL and TypeScript▲69

    Throughout my career, I tried many tools to query PostgreSQL, and in the end, concluded that for what I do, the simplest is almost always the best: raw SQL queries. Until now, I typed the results manually and relied on tests to catch problems. While this is OK in e.g., GoLang, it is quite annoying in TypeScript. First, because of the more powerful type system (it's easier to guess that updated_at is a date than it is to guess whether it's nullable or not), second, because of idiosyncrasies (INT4s are deserialised as JS numbers, but INT8s are deserialised as strings). So I wrote pg-typesafe,…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    NoSQL, but it's SQLite▲98

    Manipulate your SQLite database like a giant Javascript object. Built with o1.

    2024 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Visualize database schemas with a single query▲227

    Hey HN! We are Jonathan & Guy, and we are happy to share a project we’ve been working on. ChartDB is a tool to help developers and data analysts quickly visualize database schemas by generating ER diagrams with just one query. A unique feature of our product is AI-Powered export for easy migration. You can give it a try at https://chartdb.io and find the source code on GitHub. Next steps ---> More AI. We’d love feedback :)

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript▲119

    Hey HN! I built Typebase, a library that gives you Convex's DX with Supabase's openness. After trying Supabase I liked how fast it is to spin up a DB and auth, but really didn't like using RLS and SQL for authorization. With Convex I loved how your server "lives" in your code, but disliked the DB model and the realtime-first defaults. With Typebase you just write TS files inside a typebase/ folder in your existing repo. You can define your DB tables inside a schema.ts file and export server functions that your frontend calls like local functions, fully typed. Auth is built in. Then one…

    Aug 2026 · typebase.io · its alternatives →

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    Database Sensei▲83

    Generate arduous database queries in a snap

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    sqlc – Compile SQL Queries to Type-Safe Go▲45

    2019 · conroy.org · its alternatives →

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    TypeScript to GraphQL conversion tool with type inference▲90

    Build Typed GraphQL Queries in TypeScript without the code generation - acro5piano/typed-graphqlify

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DBOS – Transactional Serverless for TypeScript Apps▲43

    Hello HN! We’re excited to show you DBOS, a transactional serverless SDK and platform that makes it easy to write fault-tolerant, observable, and scalable TypeScript applications. We’re a startup commercializing research we did at Stanford and MIT. (https://dbos-project.github.io/). The main idea behind DBOS is to store EVERYTHING about your application in the database. This gives you some unique features: * Reliable execution – Your program’s execution state is stored in the database, so if it’s ever interrupted, it automatically resumes from where it left off without…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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