Verdicts
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Drizzle ORM 0.45.2. SQLite is a first-class dialect, migrations are plain SQL files you can read in a pull request, and the driver list covers better-sqlite3, node:sqlite, Bun, and Turso, so the same schema moves from a local file to hosted SQLite. Kysely 0.29.5 is the better pick if you want a query builder and nothing else, with no migration tooling opinions attached.
recommend · verified 2026-09-08 · recheck 2027-01-06Drizzle. The schema is TypeScript you can read, queries look like the SQL they become, the runtime adds about 20 KB with no engine to warm up, and migrations are plain SQL files you can review in a PR.
compare · verified 2026-09-08 · recheck 2027-01-06