# Django ORM vs SeaORM

| Attribute | Django ORM | SeaORM |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 72.1 (33% (low)) | 57.9 (46% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 73 | 27 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 114,817 | 429 |
| adoption.github_stars | 88,955 | 9,870 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | Django provides a database-abstraction API for structuring and manipulating application data through an object-relational mapping layer. It enables creation, retrieval, updating, and deletion of database objects using Python models. | SeaORM is an async ORM library designed for Rust that provides dynamic database interaction capabilities. |
| features.capabilities | `{"raw_sql":true,"multi_db":true,"languages":"Python","relations":true,"migrations":true,"type_safe_queries":true}` | `{"languages":"Rust","relations":true,"migrations":true,"type_safe_queries":true}` |
| language.primary | Python | Rust |
| license.spdx | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/db/queries/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:19:25.676Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open-source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.sea-ql.org/SeaORM","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:34:05.274Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 9 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.2","date":"2026-08-12T21:16:40Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/sea-orm-cli%402.0.2","date":"2026-08-12T21:20:38Z","type":"stable","version":"sea-orm-cli@2.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.1","date":"2026-08-02T20:18:43Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/sea-orm-cli%402.0.1","date":"2026-08-02T20:22:17Z","type":"stable","version":"sea-orm-cli@2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/sea-orm-cli%402.0.0","date":"2026-07-20T08:43:34Z","type":"stable","version":"sea-orm-cli@2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0","date":"2026-07-20T00:10:32Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.43","date":"2026-07-15T12:10:01Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.43"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.42","date":"2026-07-04T19:05:23Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.42"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.41","date":"2026-06-18T14:25:42Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/sea-orm-cli%402.0.0-rc.41","date":"2026-06-18T22:56:59Z","type":"stable","version":"sea-orm-cli@2.0.0-rc.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.38","date":"2026-04-09T23:26:53Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.38"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/1.1.20","date":"2026-03-31T11:44:15Z","type":"stable","version":"1.1.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.37","date":"2026-03-09T17:24:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.37"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.36","date":"2026-03-04T12:50:02Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.36"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.35","date":"2026-02-27T21:43:36Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.35"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.34","date":"2026-02-21T10:49:37Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.34"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.32","date":"2026-02-11T21:02:37Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.32"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.29","date":"2026-01-26T00:03:14Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.29"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.28","date":"2026-01-11T23:04:27Z","type":"stable","version":"2.0.0-rc.28"},{"url":"https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm/releases/tag/1.1.19","date":"2025-11-11T00:47:02Z","type":"stable","version":"1.1.19"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.6 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":100,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=django&per_page=100","last_12m":31,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=sea-orm&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (ORM & Database Tools)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:05:01.151Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*