MyBatis vs Entity Framework: What are the differences?

What is MyBatis? SQL Mapper Framework for Java. It is a first class persistence framework with support for custom SQL, stored procedures and advanced mappings. It eliminates almost all of the JDBC code and manual setting of parameters and retrieval of results. It can use simple XML or Annotations for configuration and map primitives, Map interfaces and Java POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) to database records.

What is Entity Framework? An object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data. It is an object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.

MyBatis belongs to "Java Tools" category of the tech stack, while Entity Framework can be primarily classified under "Object Relational Mapper (ORM)".

MyBatis and Entity Framework are both open source tools. MyBatis with 11.7K GitHub stars and 7.39K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Entity Framework with 1.02K GitHub stars and 445 GitHub forks.

AspNet Zero, Millennium Health, and Pinnacle Sports are some of the popular companies that use Entity Framework, whereas MyBatis is used by Jobsrepublic, Luxottica Retail, and Consignet. Entity Framework has a broader approval, being mentioned in 25 company stacks & 33 developers stacks; compared to MyBatis, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 17 developer stacks.