python-gino/gino

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2793 stars · 149 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

GINO is a lightweight asynchronous ORM for Python built on top of SQLAlchemy core, supporting PostgreSQL via asyncpg and MySQL via aiomysql. It provides async engine/connection APIs, CRUD model objects, and compatibility with the SQLAlchemy ecosystem such as Alembic migrations.

Use cases

• use an async ORM with PostgreSQL in a FastAPI app
• port legacy SQLAlchemy core code to asyncio
• manage database transactions and connections in async Python
• build CRUD models for asyncpg without raw SQL
• use Alembic migrations with an async database layer
• query PostgreSQL JSONB columns from async Python

When to choose

• you need an asyncio-native database layer for PostgreSQL or MySQL
• you want SQLAlchemy core query building with async execution
• you use FastAPI, Starlette, aiohttp, Sanic, Tornado, or Quart and need async DB access

When to avoid

• you need SQLAlchemy 2.0 support or active development - the project has been quiet since 2022
• you prefer the official asyncio support built into SQLAlchemy itself
• you need databases other than PostgreSQL or MySQL

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library · maturity maintenance

orm database-driver database databases backend web-development python windows asyncio sqlalchemy asyncpg postgresql mysql aiomysql fastapi linux macos

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