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SQL server projects on GitHub

Microsoft SQL Server databases, ORMs and management tools.

As of , the most-starred SQL server projects on GitHub are orm (47.7K stars), drawdb (40.1K stars) and graphql-engine (32.1K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 18 SQL server repositories with 368.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 17 was dbx, with +57 stars in a day.

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368.9KStars in total
+132Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 17

+57

dbx

t8y2/dbx · ★ 27.1K

A lightweight ~20 MB cross-platform database client covering 90+ databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, ClickHouse, SQL Server and more — with a built-in AI assistant and an MCP server.

+33

server

bitwarden/server · ★ 20.4K

This is the server side of Bitwarden, the password manager: the APIs, database, and core backend infrastructure that all Bitwarden client apps talk to. Run it on your own hardware to get your own Bitwarden instance.

+14

drawdb

drawdb-io/drawdb · ★ 40.1K

DrawDB is a free online editor for database entity-relationship diagrams: you sketch your schema visually in the browser and turn it into SQL. No account needed.

+5

orm

prisma/orm · ★ 47.7K

Prisma ORM is a next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB. This repo currently showcases 'Prisma Next', a TypeScript rewrite designed to be extensible, composable, and AI-agent friendly.

The all-time top

18 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · prisma/orm

    orm

    Prisma ORM is a next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB. This repo currently showcases 'Prisma Next', a TypeScript rewrite designed to be extensible, composable, and AI-agent friendly.

    47.7K
  2. #2 · drawdb-io/drawdb

    drawdb

    DrawDB is a free online editor for database entity-relationship diagrams: you sketch your schema visually in the browser and turn it into SQL. No account needed.

    40.1K
  3. #3 · hasura/graphql-engine

    graphql-engine

    Hasura is an open source engine that instantly generates realtime GraphQL (and REST) APIs over your databases, with fine-grained access control and the ability to trigger webhooks on database events.

    32.1K
  1. 4

    sequelize

    30.3Ksequelize/sequelize · TypeScript

    Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js and TypeScript: you describe your tables as models in code and it handles the database work for you.

  2. 5

    Chat2DB

    28.3KOtterMind/Chat2DB · Java

    Chat2DB is a free, cross-platform, local-first database client and SQL workspace for developers, DBAs, analysts, and data teams. It combines a full SQL client with an AI assistant that you plug your own model into.

  3. 6

    dbx

    27.1Kt8y2/dbx · Rust

    A lightweight ~20 MB cross-platform database client covering 90+ databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, ClickHouse, SQL Server and more — with a built-in AI assistant and an MCP server.

  4. 7

    beekeeper-studio

    23.8Kbeekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio · TypeScript

    Beekeeper Studio is a cross-platform SQL editor and database manager for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and many other databases, built to feel fast and uncluttered compared to other GUI DB tools.

  5. 8

    CleanArchitecture

    20.6Kjasontaylordev/CleanArchitecture · C#

    An open-source .NET solution template that scaffolds a complete ASP.NET Core application structured around Clean Architecture, so teams start from a working, well-layered codebase instead of an empty project.

  6. 9

    server

    20.4Kbitwarden/server · C#

    This is the server side of Bitwarden, the password manager: the APIs, database, and core backend infrastructure that all Bitwarden client apps talk to. Run it on your own hardware to get your own Bitwarden instance.

  7. 10

    Dapper

    18.4KDapperLib/Dapper · C#

    Dapper is a simple object mapper for .NET - a NuGet library that adds extension methods to your ADO.NET connections, so you run SQL and get rows mapped straight to objects. It was originally built for and by Stack Overflow.

  8. 11

    efcore

    14.8Kdotnet/efcore · C#

    EF Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET: you query and update data as regular objects, and it handles LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations.

  9. 12

    loopback

    13.1Kstrongloop/loopback · JavaScript

    LoopBack is an open-source Node.js framework for building modern applications that need complex integrations — chiefly dynamic end-to-end REST APIs with little or no coding.

  10. 13

    sql-server-samples

    11.3Kmicrosoft/sql-server-samples · PowerShell

    This is Microsoft's official repository of code samples demonstrating how to use SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse, and Azure SQL Edge, including sample databases, demos, and feature walkthroughs.

  11. 14

    nopCommerce

    10.2KnopSolutions/nopCommerce · C#

    nopCommerce is a free, open-source eCommerce platform — a full shopping cart built on ASP.NET Core. Developed by a professional team since 2008, it has been downloaded over 3 million times and powers about 60,000 stores worldwide.

  12. 15

    flyway

    10.2Kflyway/flyway · Java

    Flyway by Redgate is an open-source database migrations tool: it evolves your database schema easily and reliably across all your instances.

  13. 16

    Hangfire

    10.2KHangfireIO/Hangfire · C#

    Hangfire is a library for .NET and .NET Core that lets you run fire-and-forget, delayed, and recurring background jobs inside your application, without needing a Windows Service or a separate worker process.

  14. 17

    usql

    10.1Kxo/usql · Go

    usql is a universal command-line interface for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle Database, SQLite3, Microsoft SQL Server, and many other databases, including NoSQL and non-relational ones — a single psql-inspired terminal client for almost any database.

  15. 18

    dsh-data-agent

    209omdsh-dev/dsh-data-agent · JavaScript

    DSH Data Agent is a DeepSeek Harness (DSH) plugin that lets you connect to your database and analyze data through natural-language conversation, automatically writing and running SQL, generating charts and dashboards, and surfacing business insights.

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