Prisma
Backend & API Technologies
Prisma
Prisma is a modern ORM and database toolkit for Node.js and TypeScript that provides type-safe database access, schema-driven development, and powerful tooling for building reliable and scalable backend applications.
What is it?
Prisma is an open-source ORM and data access toolkit designed for modern JavaScript and TypeScript backends. It uses a declarative schema to model databases and generates fully type-safe database clients.
What does it do?
Prisma maps database tables to strongly typed TypeScript APIs, enabling safe and predictable queries. It supports migrations, schema validation, relational queries, transactions, and integrates seamlessly with REST and GraphQL APIs.
Where is it used?
Prisma is widely used in Node.js backends, GraphQL servers, SaaS platforms, serverless applications, and modern API-driven systems where developer experience and type safety are critical.
When & why it emerged
Prisma was introduced around 2019 to address limitations of traditional JavaScript ORMs. It emerged to bring strong typing, better tooling, and a modern workflow to database access in TypeScript-based backends.
Why we use it at Internative
We use Prisma to build reliable, type-safe backend services in Node.js environments. Its schema-first approach and excellent TypeScript support help us reduce runtime errors and maintain clean data layers at scale.