ORM for TypeScript with no query-builder, supporting full SQL queries
An extremely simple and explicit ORM for TypeScript - Seb-C/kiss-orm
ORM for TypeScript with no query-builder, supporting full SQL queries launched on September 3, 2020 with 220 votes, #90 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
In plain words
This is an object-relational mapping tool for TypeScript that executes full SQL queries without using a query builder. Rather than generating SQL through an abstraction layer, developers write their SQL directly while still benefiting from ORM features like data mapping and type safety. It's designed for TypeScript projects where teams prefer explicit SQL control over programmatic query construction.
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