kysely

Typesafe SQL for TypeScript.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Prevents mistakes by providing types for SQL queries. Understands fields types, joins, subqueries, aliases, and other advanced SQL features. Also supports dialects from databases like Planetscale, D1, AWS, etc. Enables autocomplete in your IDE. Migrations can also be written in TypeScript.

Tradeoffs

Only works with Postgres, MySQL & SQLite. A third-party project is needed if you want to auto-generate schema definitions.

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