# Doctrine vs Ent

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Doctrine

| Attribute | Doctrine | Ent |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 62 (50% (medium)) | 46.8 (48% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 29 | 1 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 87,805 | 808 |
| adoption.github_stars | 10,165 | 17,207 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Doctrine provides PHP developers with both high-level object-oriented database tools and low-level direct SQL access. The core includes an Object Relational Mapper for complex data modeling and a Database Abstraction Layer for flexible database interaction. It is indexed under ORM & Database Tools.","source":"https://www.doctrine-project.org/","question":"What is Doctrine?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Doctrine is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.doctrine-project.org/","question":"Is Doctrine free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Doctrine supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.doctrine-project.org/","question":"What platforms does Doctrine support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Doctrine can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.doctrine-project.org/","question":"Can Doctrine be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for Doctrine, including Symfony, Drupal, Laravel, Laminas, API Platform, eZ Platform, Akeneo PIM and Pimcore, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.doctrine-project.org/","question":"What does Doctrine integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Doctrine is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm","question":"Is Doctrine open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source Go framework that lets developers define database schemas as Go code and automatically generates type-safe query builders. It supports multiple SQL and graph databases, schema migrations, and complex data model traversal. It is indexed under ORM & Database Tools.","source":"https://entgo.io","question":"What is Ent?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Ent is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://entgo.io","question":"Is Ent free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Ent supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://entgo.io","question":"What platforms does Ent support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Ent can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://entgo.io","question":"Can Ent be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Ent is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/ent/ent","question":"Is Ent open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | PHP libraries for building database-driven applications with support for object-relational mapping and database abstraction. | An entity framework for Go that enables schema definition as code and provides statically-typed query capabilities across multiple database backends. |
| features.capabilities | `{"raw_sql":true,"multi_db":true,"languages":"PHP","relations":true,"migrations":true}` | `{"multi_db":true,"languages":"Go","relations":true,"migrations":true,"schema_first":true,"type_safe_queries":true}` |
| integrations.count | 20 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Symfony"},{"name":"Drupal"},{"name":"Laravel"},{"name":"Laminas"},{"name":"API Platform"},{"name":"eZ Platform"},{"name":"Akeneo PIM"},{"name":"Pimcore"},{"name":"Sylius"},{"name":"Shopware"},{"name":"Contao"},{"name":"Oxid eShop"},{"name":"PrestaShop"},{"name":"TYPO3"},{"name":"Sonata Project"},{"name":"JMS Libraries"},{"name":"Go! AOP"},{"name":"KNP Labs"},{"name":"PHPUnit"},{"name":"phpbench"}]` | `[{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"Atlas","native":true,"category":"migration","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Slack","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | PHP | Go |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.doctrine-project.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:35:07.074Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://entgo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:31:32.117Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 6 | 34 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.7.5","date":"2026-10-09T18:16:59Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.7.4","date":"2026-10-05T18:32:58Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.7.3","date":"2026-10-01T18:28:05Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.7.2","date":"2026-09-23T05:28:49Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.7.1","date":"2026-09-14T05:47:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.7.0","date":"2026-09-07T19:36:54Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.9","date":"2026-09-07T19:00:27Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.8","date":"2026-08-05T19:06:31Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.7","date":"2026-05-25T16:53:47Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/2.20.13","date":"2026-05-25T16:47:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.20.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.6","date":"2026-05-21T06:09:26Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.5","date":"2026-05-11T06:48:56Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/2.20.12","date":"2026-05-08T11:19:50Z","type":"stable","version":"2.20.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.4","date":"2026-05-07T20:22:28Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/2.20.11","date":"2026-05-07T20:18:17Z","type":"stable","version":"2.20.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.3","date":"2026-04-02T06:54:32Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/2.20.10","date":"2026-04-02T06:20:37Z","type":"stable","version":"2.20.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.2","date":"2026-01-30T21:43:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.1","date":"2026-01-09T06:44:11Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/doctrine/orm/releases/tag/3.6.0","date":"2025-12-19T20:41:15Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.14.6","date":"2026-03-23T19:56:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.14.0","date":"2024-07-29T04:28:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.12.5","date":"2023-11-13T18:08:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.12.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.11.0","date":"2022-07-13T14:03:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.10.1","date":"2022-03-04T20:59:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.10.0","date":"2022-01-20T21:14:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.9.1","date":"2021-08-17T09:55:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.9.0","date":"2021-08-05T18:48:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.8.0","date":"2021-04-14T20:04:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2021-03-11T18:45:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2021-02-02T21:19:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.5.4","date":"2021-01-06T14:05:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.5.3","date":"2020-12-13T17:38:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.5.2","date":"2020-12-11T11:48:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.5.1","date":"2020-11-29T10:51:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2020-11-04T07:21:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.4.3","date":"2020-09-21T13:20:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.4.2","date":"2020-08-30T14:54:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2020-08-18T08:06:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ent/ent/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2020-08-05T14:54:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 6.9 | 4.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=doctrine%2Form&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=entgo.io%2Fent&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (ORM & Database Tools)

| Capability | Doctrine | Ent |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Type-safe queries | - | ✓ |
| Schema migrations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Relations / joins API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Languages | PHP | Go |
| **Modelling** |  |  |
| Schema-first modelling | - | ✓ |
| **Flexibility** |  |  |
| Raw SQL escape hatch | ✓ | - |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| Multiple database backends | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Connection pooling | - | - |
| **DX** |  |  |
| Data browser / studio | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:29:11.758Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*