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orm vs FalkorDB
orm has 47,661 GitHub stars, 2,605 forks, 2,627 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. FalkorDB has 10,501 stars, 603 forks, 724 open issues and last shipped yesterday. orm leads on adoption by 354% (47,661 vs 10,501 stars). orm is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; FalkorDB is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence. orm has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, FalkorDB 6%. FalkorDB was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (database), 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 | FalkorDB | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 11K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 603 |
| 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 FalkorDB if
- You want the FalkorDB feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and FalkorDB 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 FalkorDB
FalkorDB Ultra fast, Multi tenant Graph Database Powering Generative AI, Agent Memory, Cloud Security, and Fraud Detection UNIQUE FEATURES Our goal is to build a high performance Knowledge Graph tailored for Large Language Models (LLMs), prioritizing exceptionally low latency to ensure fast and efficient information delivery through our Graph Database. 🆕 FalkorDB is the first queryable Property Graph database to leverage sparse matrices for representing the adjacency matrix in graphs and linear algebra for querying. Key Features Sparse Matrix Representation : Utilizes sparse matrices to represent adjacency…
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Frequently asked questions
Is orm or FalkorDB more popular?
orm has 47,661 GitHub stars and FalkorDB has 10,501. orm has the larger community by that measure.
Are orm and FalkorDB free?
Both are open source. orm is licensed under Apache-2.0, and FalkorDB has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between orm and FalkorDB?
orm is written in TypeScript and FalkorDB in Rust. 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 FalkorDB?
Choose orm if you want the larger community (47,661 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose FalkorDB if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.