gajus/slonik

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4934 stars · 156 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Slonik is a Node.js PostgreSQL client library written in TypeScript that emphasizes writing raw SQL with strict runtime validation and build-time type safety. It provides safe connection and transaction handling, query retrying, interceptors, and detailed logging.

Use cases

• query postgres from nodejs with type safety
• write raw sql queries safely in typescript
• manage postgres connection pools and transactions
• prevent sql injection with safe value interpolation
• add logging and interceptors to database queries
• retry failed queries and transactions automatically

When to choose

• you prefer writing raw SQL over query builders or ORMs
• you want runtime validation of query results in TypeScript
• you need robust transaction and connection pool handling
• you want detailed query logging and debugging

When to avoid

• you want an ORM with automatic schema-to-object mapping
• you need dynamic SQL generation like Knex.js
• you are not using Node.js or PostgreSQL

Facets

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database-driver database orm middleware logging databases backend web-development developer-tools postgresql sql type-safety connection-pool transactions query-builder-alternative nodejs typescript javascript

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