# Ent vs Knex.js

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Knex.js

| Attribute | Ent | Knex.js |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 43 (50% (medium)) | 66.2 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 808 | 94,868 |
| adoption.github_stars | 17,173 | 20,342 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 5,289,407 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | 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. | An open-source Node.js package supporting nine SQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and Oracle. Provides type-safe query building with TypeScript support, schema migrations, transaction handling with savepoints, connection pooling, and both promise and callback-based interfaces. |
| features.capabilities | `{"multi_db":true,"languages":"Go","relations":true,"migrations":true,"schema_first":true,"type_safe_queries":true}` | `{"raw_sql":true,"multi_db":true,"languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript","relations":true,"migrations":true,"studio_gui":false,"schema_first":true,"type_safe_queries":true,"connection_pooling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GraphQL"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Go | JavaScript |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://entgo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:31:32.117Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://knexjs.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:34:17.530Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 34 | 28 |
| release.history | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.3.0","date":"2026-06-26T14:55:58Z","type":"stable","version":"3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.10","date":"2026-05-02T12:14:38Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.9","date":"2026-04-03T20:25:30Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.8","date":"2026-03-30T18:29:09Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.7","date":"2026-03-30T18:28:52Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.6","date":"2026-03-25T02:06:50Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.3","date":"2026-03-22T22:38:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.1","date":"2026-03-22T21:08:27Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.2.0","date":"2026-03-22T17:37:15Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.1.0","date":"2023-12-07T23:17:57Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.0.1","date":"2023-10-06T12:23:40Z","type":"stable","version":"3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/3.0.0","date":"2023-10-06T06:56:38Z","type":"stable","version":"3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.5.1","date":"2023-07-12T21:26:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.5.0","date":"2023-07-08T21:04:46Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.4.2","date":"2023-03-29T11:15:20Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.4.1","date":"2023-03-29T11:11:39Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.4.0","date":"2023-01-06T15:45:16Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.3.0","date":"2022-09-01T21:17:24Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.2.0","date":"2022-07-18T21:26:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/knex/knex/releases/tag/2.1.0","date":"2022-05-26T09:04:03Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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}` | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=knex&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (ORM & Database Tools)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:08:45.430Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*