# Install prisma with npm

Prisma is an open-source database toolkit. It includes a JavaScript/TypeScript ORM for Node.js, migrations and a modern GUI to view and edit the data in your database. You can use Prisma in new projects or add it to an existing one. Version 7.8.0 via npm; verified 2026-04-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:prisma
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g prisma
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:prisma
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/prisma>
- **Version:** 7.8.0
- **Source summary:** Prisma is an open-source database toolkit. It includes a JavaScript/TypeScript ORM for Node.js, migrations and a modern GUI to view and edit the data in your database. You can use Prisma in new projects or add it to an existing one.
- **Homepage:** <https://www.prisma.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/prisma/prisma>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.prisma.io>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/prisma/-/prisma-7.8.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-04-22T14:16:58.268Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-22T14:16:58.268Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- prisma (cli)
- prisma (alias)

## Dependencies

- @prisma/config
- @prisma/dev
- @prisma/engines
- @prisma/studio-core
- mysql2
- postgres

## Build dependencies

- @inquirer/prompts
- @libsql/client
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
- @opentelemetry/api
- @opentelemetry/context-async-hooks
- @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base
- @prisma/adapter-libsql
- @prisma/client
- @prisma/client-generator-registry
- @prisma/credentials-store
- @prisma/debug
- @prisma/dmmf
- @prisma/driver-adapter-utils
- @prisma/fetch-engine
- @prisma/generator
- @prisma/get-platform
- @prisma/internals
- @prisma/management-api-sdk
- @prisma/migrate
- @swc/core
- @swc/jest
- @types/better-sqlite3
- @types/fs-extra
- @types/jest
- @types/node
- @types/react
- @types/react-dom
- async-listen
- better-sqlite3
- checkpoint-client
- chokidar
- dotenv
- effect
- env-paths
- execa
- fs-extra
- get-port-please
- get-tsconfig
- jest
- jest-junit
- kleur
- line-replace
- log-update
- node-fetch
- npm-packlist
- ohash
- open
- openapi-fetch
- openapi-typescript
- ora
- package-up
- pathe
- react
- react-dom
- resolve-pkg
- std-env
- strip-ansi
- ts-pattern
- typescript
- xdg-app-paths
- zod

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: preinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 7.8.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/prisma/prisma
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for prisma. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Dev: 7.9.0-dev.13, Early Access: 5.12.0-dev.21, Integration: 7.7.0-integration-feat-bootstrap-ux-fixes.9, Latest: 7.8.0, Optimize: 5.17.0-dev.33, Patch Dev: 6.19.1-dev.4, Prev: 6.19.2, Turso: 5.4.0-dev.61, Typed Sql: 5.19.0-integration-feat-typed-sql.14
- **Version Count:** 9,186
- **Maintainers:** pirix-gh, prismabot
- **Author:** Tim Suchanek
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: ^20.19 || ^22.12 || >=24.0
- **Peer Dependencies:** better-sqlite3, typescript
- **Integrity:** sha512-yfN4yrw7HV9kEJhoy1+jgah0jafEIQsf7uWouSsM8MvJtlubsk+kM7AIBWZ8+GJl74Yj3c+nbYqBkMOxtsZ3Lw==
- **Shasum:** f64db69e59131fe10859efb5969af1c7e50e6620
- **Unpacked Size:** 41,985,306
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-06-03T13:26:09.663Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-04-22T14:16:58.268Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-08T15:04:59.322Z


## Related links

- [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [drizzle-kit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/drizzle-kit/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, databases, is.
- [pg-node-migrations](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/pg-node-migrations/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, database, databases, db.
- [prisma-json-types-generator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/prisma-json-types-generator/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, data, databases, prisma, prisma2.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph