Welcome

Welcome to ZenStack - the data layer for modern TypeScript applications.

ZenStack is built with the belief that most applications should use the data model as their center pillar. If that model is well-designed, it can serve as the single source of truth throughout the app's lifecycle and be used to derive many other aspects of the app. The result is a smaller, more cohesive code base that scales well as your team grows while maintaining a high level of developer experience.

Inside the package you'll find:

• Intuitive schema language

  That helps you model data, relations, access control, and more, in one place. 🔗

• Powerful ORM

  With awesomely-typed API, built-in access control, and unmatched flexibility. 🔗

• Query-as-a-Service

  That provides a full-fledged data API without the need to code it up. 🔗

• Utilities

  For deriving artifacts like Zod schemas, frontend hooks, OpenAPI specs, etc., from the schema. 🔗

ZenStack originated as an extension to Prisma ORM. V3 is a complete rewrite that removed Prisma as a runtime dependency and replaced it with an implementation built from scratch ("scratch" = Kysely 😆). On its surface, it continues to use a "Prisma-superset" schema language and a query API compatible with PrismaClient. This blog post contains more background about the thoughts behind the v3 refactor.