# neumino/thinky

JavaScript ORM for RethinkDB

Repository: https://github.com/neumino/thinky
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thinky
Homepage: http://justonepixel.com/thinky/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-11-21T19:39:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4820, "days_push": 1746, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1113, forks 126 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:38.073190+00:00)

## What it is
Thinky is a light Node.js ORM for RethinkDB that provides schema enforcement, standard relations (hasOne, belongsTo, hasMany, hasAndBelongsToMany), and automatic creation of tables and indexes. It offers a promise-based API for saving, joining, and deleting documents with their relations.

## Use cases
- define models with schemas for RethinkDB in Node.js
- manage relations between RethinkDB documents like belongsTo and hasMany
- automatically create RethinkDB tables and indexes from models
- save and retrieve documents with joined related data
- validate and enforce document schemas on save
- handle cascading deletes of related documents

## When to choose
- you are building a Node.js application backed by RethinkDB and want an ORM with schemas and relations
- you want automatic table and index creation from model definitions
- you prefer a lightweight, promise-based ORM over raw ReQL queries

## When to avoid
- you are not using RethinkDB as your database
- you need a actively maintained library with recent updates and long-term support
- you need TypeScript support or a non-JavaScript ORM

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: orm, database, database-driver, form-handling
- domain: databases, backend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: rethinkdb, schemas, relations, nosql, promise-based, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- neumino/thinky (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.073190+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 2026-08-30T06:42:37.243653+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/neumino/thinky (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.073190+00:00, sha c709be128f6f)
  - homepage: http://justonepixel.com/thinky/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:46:21.542252+00:00, sha 4adbbba61303)
  - site_page: http://justonepixel.com/thinky/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:46:21.551126+00:00, sha e0a823ab8786)
  - site_page: http://justonepixel.com/thinky/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:46:21.553081+00:00, sha 43c0f8c3d984)
  - site_page: http://justonepixel.com/thinky/documentation/api/thinky (fetched 2026-08-29T12:46:21.554603+00:00, sha 613f0f6f015c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/thinky (fetched 2026-08-29T12:46:21.556358+00:00, sha 7a9e263a75ac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.