Best Databases & ORM libraries (2026)

The 15 best open-source Databases & ORM libraries in 2026, ranked by our maintenance-health metric plus real adoption (stars and weekly downloads) and security signals. Right now django leads the field with a 100/100 health score. Each links to a full analysis with install commands, license, and alternatives.

1. 1

   django

   django is an open-source Python project in the databases & orm space with 87.8k GitHub stars. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   PythonBSD-3-Clause 87,907 100
2. 2

   redis

   redis is an open-source C project with 74.8k GitHub stars. It is associated with cache, caching, database, distributed-systems. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   C 74,981 100
3. 3

   strapi

   strapi is an open-source TypeScript project with 72.3k GitHub stars. It is associated with api, cms, cms-framework, content-management. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   TypeScriptMIT 72,406 100
4. 4

   prometheus

   prometheus is an open-source Go project with 64.5k GitHub stars. It is associated with alerting, graphing, hacktoberfest, metrics. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   GoApache-2.0 64,615 100
5. 5

   meilisearch

   meilisearch is an open-source Rust project with 58.1k GitHub stars. It is associated with ai, api, app-search, database. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   RustMIT 58,175 100
6. 6

   coolify

   coolify is an open-source PHP project in the databases & orm space with 56.8k GitHub stars. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   PHPApache-2.0 57,161 100
7. 7

   chinese-poetry

   chinese-poetry is an open-source JavaScript project with 51.8k GitHub stars. It is associated with chinese, chinese-poetry, ci, json. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   JavaScriptMIT 51,958 100
8. 8

   twenty

   twenty is an open-source TypeScript project with 49.8k GitHub stars. It is associated with crm, crm-system, customer, good-first-issue. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   TypeScriptAGPL-3.0-only 50,456 100
9. 9

   ClickHouse

   ClickHouse is an open-source C++ project with 48k GitHub stars. It is associated with ai, analytics, big-data, clickhouse. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

   C++Apache-2.0 48,112 100
10. 10

    metabase

    metabase is an open-source Clojure project with 47.7k GitHub stars. It is associated with analytics, bi, business-intelligence, businessintelligence. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

    Clojure 47,723 100
11. 11

    prisma

    prisma is an open-source TypeScript project with 46.2k GitHub stars. It is associated with cockroachdb, database, javascript, mariadb. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

    TypeScriptApache-2.0 46,348 100
12. 12

    duckdb

    duckdb is an open-source C++ project with 38.7k GitHub stars. It is associated with analytics, database, embedded-database, olap. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

    C++MIT 38,856 100
13. 13

    drawdb

    drawdb is an open-source JavaScript project with 37.3k GitHub stars. It is associated with database-schema, diagram-editor, editor, erd. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

    JavaScriptAGPL-3.0-only 37,403 100
14. 14

    typeorm

    typeorm is an open-source TypeScript project with 36.5k GitHub stars. It is associated with active-record, cockroachdb, data-mapper, database. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

    TypeScriptMIT 36,541 4.7M/wk 100
15. 15

    drizzle-orm

    drizzle-orm is an open-source TypeScript project with 34.8k GitHub stars. It is associated with bunjs, mysql, nodejs, orm. The repository is actively maintained, with recent commits.

    TypeScriptApache-2.0 34,878 100