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orm vs activegraph
orm has 47,661 GitHub stars, 2,605 forks, 2,627 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. activegraph has 1,407 stars, 276 forks, 242 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. orm leads on adoption by 3,287% (47,661 vs 1,407 stars). orm is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; activegraph is written in Ruby under MIT. orm has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, activegraph 20%. orm was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (orm), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| orm | activegraph | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 276 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick orm if
- You weight community size — 48K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick activegraph if
- You want the activegraph feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and activegraph fits your workflow better
About orm
Docs Discord X Blog Post Architecture Using Prisma 7? It remains fully supported. Its source lives on the v7 branch of this repository and its docs at prisma.io/docs/orm/v7. Prisma 8 is a release candidate. 8.0.0 final is expected in the next four to eight weeks. Until then a release candidate may include breaking changes, and every release ships with an upgrade recipe that the prisma 8 skill applies for you. The candidate is a complete implementation we stand behind: we treat bugs in it as urgent, and the risk you take on is a feature that is not built yet rather than churn. The feature scoreboard names every…
About activegraph
Welcome to Active Graph (f.k.a. Neo4j.rb) Code Status Get Support Documentation All new documentation will be done via our readthedocs site, though some old documentation has yet to be moved from our wiki Contact Us Introduction Neo4j.rb is an Active Model compliant Ruby/JRuby wrapper for the Neo4j graph database. It uses the neo4j ruby driver and active attr gems. Neo4j is a transactional, open source graph database. A graph database manages data in a connected data structure, capable of representing any kind of data in a very accessible way. Information is stored in nodes and relationships connecting them…
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Frequently asked questions
Is orm or activegraph more popular?
orm has 47,661 GitHub stars and activegraph has 1,407. orm has the larger community by that measure.
Are orm and activegraph free?
Both are open source. orm is licensed under Apache-2.0 and activegraph under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between orm and activegraph?
orm is written in TypeScript and activegraph in Ruby. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, orm or activegraph?
Choose orm if you want the larger community (47,661 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose activegraph if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.