Prisma Client overview

Prisma Client is Prisma ORM's generated, type-safe query builder for Node.js, Bun, and Deno applications.

Prisma Client is Prisma ORM's generated query builder. It is tailored to your schema, fully typed, and designed to make common database work feel like ordinary application code.

What Prisma Client gives you

Typed query methods based on your models
Autocomplete for filters, relations, ordering, and nested writes
Predictable plain JavaScript objects as query results
A single client API that works across PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, and more

Quick start

1. Define a generator in your schema

schema.prisma

generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client"
  output   = "./generated"
}

2. Install Prisma Client

npm install @prisma/client

3. Generate the client

npx prisma generate

If you want more detail on this step, see Generating Prisma Client.

4. Import and use the generated client

import { PrismaClient } from "./generated/client";

const prisma = new PrismaClient();

const users = await prisma.user.findMany();

Prisma Client