Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

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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   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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   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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   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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   PGlite – in-browser WASM Postgres with pgvector and live sync▲509

   Hey, Sam and the team from ElectricSQL here. PGlite is a WASM Postgres build packaged into a TypeScript/JavaScript client library, that enables you to run Postgres in the browser, Node.js and Bun, with no need to install any other dependencies. It's 3mb Gzipped, now has support for many Postgres extensions, including pgvector, and it has a reactive "live query" API. It's also fast, with CRUD style queries executing in under 0.3 ms, and larger, multi-row select queries occurring within a fraction of a single frame. PGlite started as an experimental project we shared on X, and the…

   2024 · pglite.dev · 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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   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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   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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   Uniform GraphQL▲65

   GraphQL APIs in TypeScript with complete e2e type safety

   2021 · uniform-graphql.whatsgood.dog · 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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    Postgres.js – Fastest Full-Featured PostgreSQL Client for Node and Deno▲257

    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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    Kretes – Build full-stack applications in TypeScript and PostgreSQL▲81

    Kretes is a programming environment for TypeScript applications built on top of Visual Studio Code. It combines a web framework with an editor into an integrated, battery-included solution.

    2020 · kretes.dev · its alternatives →

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    Prisma ORM▲220

    Next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript

    2021 · prisma.io · 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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    SafeQL▲69

    Write SQL queries with confidence

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table▲180

    pglite-fusion is a PostgreSQL extension that allows you to embed SQLite databases into your PostgreSQL tables by enabling the creation of columns with the `SQLITE` type. This means every row in the table can have an embedded SQLite database. In addition to the PostgreSQL `SQLITE` type, pglite-fusion provides the `query_sqlite`` function for querying SQLite databases and the `execute_sqlite` function for updating them. Additional functions are listed in the project’s README. The pglite-fusion extension is written in Rust using the pgrx framework [1]. ---- Implementation Details The PostgreSQL…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TypeSafe SQL-Like ORM and Query Builders for TypeScript/JS▲6

    2024 · litdb.dev · its alternatives →

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    FilterQL – A tiny query language for filtering structured data▲77

    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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    BedquiltDB – A Mongo-like JSON doc store built on Postgres▲145

    2016 · bedquiltdb.github.io · its alternatives →

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    BSON Extension for Postgres▲115

    JSON support in postgres is superb but sometimes you really want decimal, date, and binary types, "carefree" UTF8 string handling (i.e. no escaping), and robust roundtrippability. So I made an extension for BSON.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pothos – a plugin based GraphQL schema builder for TypeScript▲5

    A plugin-based GraphQL schema builder for TypeScript. Define your types once and they flow into every resolver without codegen or decorators.

    2022 · pothos-graphql.dev · its alternatives →

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    Prostgles▲62

    Isomorphic TypeScript client for PostgreSQL with replication

    2020 · prostgles.com · its alternatives →

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    PL/Swift – PostgreSQL Functions in Swift▲84

    PL/Swift allows you to write custom SQL functions and types for the PostgreSQL database server in the Swift programming language. Bringing Swift to the Backend of the Backend’s Backend!

    2018 · alwaysrightinstitute.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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