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SQLAlchemy

Python SQL toolkit and ORM with a powerful Core expression language; the standard outside Django.

Hibernate

The standard JPA implementation for Java, used beneath Spring Data JPA in most Spring apps.

Entity Framework Core

.NET's official ORM with LINQ queries, change tracking and migrations.

GORM

Full-featured ORM for Go with associations, hooks and auto-migrations.

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Metric	SQLAlchemy	Hibernate	Entity Framework Core	GORM
Stars	12.3k	6.5k	14.8k	40k
Weekly downloads	95.8M	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	+23%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	87/100	70/100	76/100	84/100
Forks	1.8k	3.8k	3.5k	4.3k
Open issues	209	186	2.3k	554
Last commit	2d ago	1d ago	5d ago	2w ago
Latest version	2.1.8Nov 4, 2026	n/a	n/a	n/a
License	MIT	Apache-2.0	MIT	MIT
First released	2018	2010	2014	2013
Signals	Popular	Popular	Popular	Popular
Listed in	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations

Weekly downloads over time

Hover for exact values; switch to log scale for tools of very different sizes. Not shown (no comparable download data): Hibernate, Entity Framework Core, GORM.

SQLAlchemy

Python SQL toolkit and ORM with a powerful Core expression language; the standard outside Django.

Hibernate

The standard JPA implementation for Java, used beneath Spring Data JPA in most Spring apps.

Entity Framework Core

.NET's official ORM with LINQ queries, change tracking and migrations.

GORM

Full-featured ORM for Go with associations, hooks and auto-migrations.

Head to head

Metric	SQLAlchemy	Hibernate	Entity Framework Core	GORM
Stars	12.3k	6.5k	14.8k	40k
Weekly downloads	95.8M	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	+23%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	87/100	70/100	76/100	84/100
Forks	1.8k	3.8k	3.5k	4.3k
Open issues	209	186	2.3k	554
Last commit	2d ago	1d ago	5d ago	2w ago
Latest version	2.1.8Nov 4, 2026	n/a	n/a	n/a
License	MIT	Apache-2.0	MIT	MIT
First released	2018	2010	2014	2013
Signals	Popular	Popular	Popular	Popular
Listed in	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations

Weekly downloads over time

Hover for exact values; switch to log scale for tools of very different sizes. Not shown (no comparable download data): Hibernate, Entity Framework Core, GORM.

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