# diesel

> Safe, extensible ORM and query builder for Rust

Diesel is an ORM and query builder that leverages Rust's type system to eliminate boilerplate and compile-time database errors without runtime overhead. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and MariaDB, handling schema mapping, query generation, and migrations. Developers import it into Rust projects as a Cargo crate dependency.

- Source: https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel
- Homepage: https://diesel.rs
- License: Apache-2.0
- Built with: Rust 99.9%, Other 0.1%
- Stars: 14223
- Forks: 1253
- Contributors: 451
- Last commit: 2026-10-24
- Latest release: v2.3.14 (2026-10-07)
- Purpose: Developer tools, Databases & backends
- Type: Docker / self-host, Library / SDK
- For: Personal, Enterprise

## Worth score: 83/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 21/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 12/15
- Readiness: 15/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [Diesel 2.3.14](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/tag/v2.3.14). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Windows:

- [diesel_cli-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) (7.7 MB, 202 downloads)

macOS:

- [diesel_cli-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz) (5.5 MB, 240 downloads)
- [diesel_cli-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz) (5.6 MB, 104 downloads)

Linux:

- [diesel_cli-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz) (6 MB, 2.7k downloads)
- [diesel_cli-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz) (6 MB, 8k downloads)

Other files:

- [diesel_cli-installer.ps1](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-installer.ps1) (22 KB, 34 downloads)
- [diesel_cli-installer.sh](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-installer.sh) (59 KB, 2.6k downloads)
- [diesel_cli.cdx.xml](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli.cdx.xml) (154 KB, 7 downloads)
- [dist-manifest.json](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/dist-manifest.json) (26 KB, 8 downloads)
- [sha256.sum](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/sha256.sum) (613 B, 7 downloads)
- [source.tar.gz](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/source.tar.gz) (1 MB, 89 downloads)

To check the files: [diesel_cli-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz.sha256](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz.sha256), [diesel_cli-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz.sha256](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz.sha256), [diesel_cli-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz.sha256](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz.sha256), [diesel_cli-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.sha256](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.sha256), [diesel_cli-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz.sha256](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/diesel_cli-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz.sha256), [source.tar.gz.sha256](https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/releases/download/v2.3.14/source.tar.gz.sha256)

## Alternatives

- [Prisma ORM](https://diggithub.com/prisma/orm.md): Type-safe ORM for Node.js and TypeScript
- [Drizzle ORM](https://diggithub.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm.md): Headless TypeScript ORM
- [TypeORM](https://diggithub.com/typeorm/typeorm.md): ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript
- [Sequelize](https://diggithub.com/sequelize/sequelize.md): Feature-rich ORM for Node.js
- [Directus](https://diggithub.com/directus/directus.md): Turn any SQL database into an API and admin app
- [Databasus](https://diggithub.com/databasus/databasus.md): PostgreSQL backup with point-in-time recovery
- [Mongoose](https://diggithub.com/Automattic/mongoose.md): MongoDB object modeling for Node.js
- [GORM](https://diggithub.com/go-gorm/gorm.md): Developer-friendly ORM for Go

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/diesel-rs/diesel
Updated: 2026-10-29