# 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 7.9.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-20.

## 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:** 7.9.0
- **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
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-20T18:30:50.409Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-20T18:30:50.409Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- prisma (cli)
- prisma (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.9.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-20
- 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. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Dev: 7.10.0-dev.49, Early Access: 5.12.0-dev.21, Integration: 7.7.0-integration-feat-bootstrap-ux-fixes.9, Latest: 7.9.0, Optimize: 5.17.0-dev.33, Patch Dev: 7.9.1-dev.1, Prev: 6.19.2, Turso: 5.4.0-dev.61, Typed Sql: 5.19.0-integration-feat-typed-sql.14
- **Version Count:** 9,255
- **Maintainers:** prismabot
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-06-03T13:26:09.663Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-20T18:30:50.409Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-20T18:30:50.409Z


## Related links

- [Database and data packages](https://pkg.so/database-data-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [prisma-json-types-generator](https://pkg.so/npm/prisma-json-types-generator/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, data, databases, prisma, typescript.
- [prisma-kysely](https://pkg.so/npm/prisma-kysely/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, data, database, databases, prisma.
- [drizzle-kit](https://pkg.so/npm/drizzle-kit/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, databases, is.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph