# spring-projects/spring-data-jpa

Simplifies the development of creating a JPA-based data access layer.

Repository: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-jpa
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spring-data-jpa
Homepage: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-jpa/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: spring-data, jpa, spring, ddd, java, framework
Last push: 2026-08-21T09:05:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5774, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 51}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3269, forks 1567 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:53.001441+00:00)

## What it is
Spring Data JPA is part of the Spring Data family and simplifies building JPA-based data access layers by generating repository implementations from interfaces. It eliminates boilerplate for queries, pagination, and auditing in Spring-powered Java applications.

## Use cases
- implement JPA repositories without boilerplate
- generate queries from repository interface method names
- add pagination and auditing to a data access layer
- query by example in a Spring application
- reduce boilerplate CRUD code for JPA entities
- wire up a database access layer in Spring Boot

## When to choose
- you are building a Spring or Spring Boot application with a relational database
- you want repository-style data access with minimal boilerplate
- you need derived queries, pagination, or auditing out of the box

## When to avoid
- you are not using the Spring ecosystem or JVM languages
- you need fine-grained control over SQL or use a non-relational datastore better served by other Spring Data modules
- you prefer a lightweight data mapper over the JPA/Hibernate stack

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: orm, database, database-driver
- domain: databases, backend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: jpa, spring-data, repositories, data-access, hibernate, java, spring

## Member repositories
- spring-projects/spring-data-jpa (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.001441+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:23:09.626464+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-jpa/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:32.624086+00:00, sha 1605efe4eb70)
  - site_page: https://spring.io/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:32.629390+00:00, sha fc64dd950363)
  - site_page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-restdocs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:32.633634+00:00, sha 1e2a101b77d3)
  - site_page: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/jpa/reference/jpa/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:32.635533+00:00, sha 2c3d251b31b6)
  - site_page: https://enterprise.spring.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:32.626887+00:00, sha 85ac7d6d5114)
  - site_page: https://enterprise.spring.io/lts-releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:32.631615+00:00, sha 3251cc8760b6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.