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Objection.js vs Sequelize: What are the differences?

What is Objection.js? It is an ORM for Node.js. It aims to stay out of your way and make it as easy as possible to use the full power of SQL and the underlying database engine while still making the common stuff easy and enjoyable.

What is Sequelize? Easy-to-use multi sql dialect ORM for Node.js & io.js. Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js and io.js. It supports the dialects PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and MSSQL and features solid transaction support, relations, read replication and more.

Objection.js and Sequelize belong to "Object Relational Mapper (ORM)" category of the tech stack.

Objection.js and Sequelize are both open source tools. It seems that Sequelize with 19.5K GitHub stars and 3.04K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Objection.js with 4.26K GitHub stars and 344 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Sequelize has a broader approval, being mentioned in 52 company stacks & 178 developers stacks; compared to Objection.js, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

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Pros of Objection.js
Pros of Sequelize
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    • 39
      Good ORM for node.js
    • 28
      Easy setup
    • 18
      Support MySQL & MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Sqlite
    • 13
      Open source
    • 12
      Free
    • 11
      Promise Based
    • 4
      Recommend for mongoose users
    • 2
      Typescript
    • 2
      Atrocious documentation, buggy, issues closed by bots

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    Cons of Objection.js
    Cons of Sequelize
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      • 29
        Docs are awful
      • 9
        Relations can be confusing

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      What is Objection.js?

      It aims to stay out of your way and make it as easy as possible to use the full power of SQL and the underlying database engine while still making the common stuff easy and enjoyable.

      What is Sequelize?

      Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js and io.js. It supports the dialects PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and MSSQL and features solid transaction support, relations, read replication and more.

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      What are some alternatives to Objection.js and Sequelize?
      TypeORM
      It supports both Active Record and Data Mapper patterns, unlike all other JavaScript ORMs currently in existence, which means you can write high quality, loosely coupled, scalable, maintainable applications the most productive way.
      Entity Framework
      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.
      Hibernate
      Hibernate is a suite of open source projects around domain models. The flagship project is Hibernate ORM, the Object Relational Mapper.
      SQLAlchemy
      SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.
      Dapper
      It is an object-relational mapping product for the Microsoft.NET platform: it provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database.
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