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24 alternatives to Node.js ORM to query SQL database through an array-like API

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.

Qustar is a Node.js ORM package that lets developers query SQL databases using an array-like API instead of traditional syntax. It supports PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB, with TypeScript support included. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Node.js ORM to query SQL database through an array-like API launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A Go SQL query builder and struct mapper. Contribute to samonzeweb/godb development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. - hasura/graphql-engine

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL client/code generator with autocomplete library ⚡

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Postgres.js - The Fastest full featured PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun and CloudFlare - porsager/postgres

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript

    2021 · prisma.io · its alternatives →

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    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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    Simple online database service in the cloud with NoSQL, REST API, low code javascript hooks, MongoDB support and more. Perfect for API automation, custom development, enterprise, backoffice, serverless backends, database driven websites. It provides easy collaboration and data management with secure

    2016 · restdb.io · its alternatives →

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

    2024 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Powerful online SQL sandbox

    2024 · sqlplayground.app · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL for Postgres. Contribute to solidsnack/GraphpostgresQL development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Anyquery▲110

    Query anything with SQL (e.g. Notion, GitHub, JSON)

    2024 · anyquery.dev · its alternatives →

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    The fully-featured GraphQL Server

    2022 · the-guild.dev · its alternatives →

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    restdb.io▲131

    Simple online NoSQL database backend

    2016 · restdb.io · its alternatives →

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    LinkedQL is a new SQL client that supports live queries over any Postgres, MySQL, and MariaDB database. You get result sets that self-update differentially as rows change in your database – via inserts, updates, deletes. Works with no extra tooling/ORM layer or GraphQL servers. You opt into live mode simply with a flag: client.query('SELECT ...', { live: true }). More at: https://linked-ql.netlify.app/capabilities/live-queries LinkedQL is written in JavaScript and runs in both client and server environments. GitHub + docs:…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Query C++ codebases using SQLite. Contribute to frabert/ClangQL development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 micro-dialect implementation for querying JSON objects. Written purely in Scala. - mmalek06/JsonSql

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Hey all, I just released v2.0.0 of FilterQL, a query language and TypeScript library. This version adds support for Operations, which allow you to transform the data after filtering. If you think this would be useful in a project you're working on, give it a try and let me know what you think!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi all, I've made a javascript library to simplify searching/sorting/filtering in arrays of objects. Its inspired by both GraphQL and SQL, but implemented using javascript Proxies. Instead of creating a new language, its all just javascript. I've made it as part of an experimental database, which uses javascript as the query engine. The normal javascript map/reduce/sort functions are quite difficult to master for junior developers. JAQT is easier to explain, and can still be used in combination with any existing array functions. Please let me know what you think of the…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Template Language for SQL with Automatic Bind Parameter Extraction - sripathikrishnan/jinjasql

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I've always been curious about how SQL engines actually work. So I built a minimum viable SQL engine in Go. - Supports CSV files as tables - Supports SELECT, FROM, WHERE, LIMIT It's very simple: 1. Parses query string 2. Converts it into an AST representation 3. Executes the query against the CSV 4. Returns the results

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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