Prisma is an open source next-generation ORM. It consists of the following parts:
- Prisma Client: Auto-generated and type-safe query builder for Node.js & TypeScript
- Prisma Migrate: Migration tool to easily evolve your database schema from prototyping to production
- Prisma Studio: GUI to view and edit data in your database
Getting Started
create-t3-app includes a few defaults to get your app up and running as quick as possible, one of those being a database.
When Prisma is selected during installation, by default, it will be configured to connect to a local sqlite database. This is configured in the schema.prisma file under, along with the db.sqlite file. The DATABASE_URL is configured in the .env file at the root of the project, and used in the datasource db {...} object. While this works, and is great for demo purposes, you will likely need a more persistent, capable database for your app to connect to.
With NextAuth.js
When NextAuth.js is selected in addition to Prisma during installation, the schema.prisma file is setup with the necessary models required to use Prisma as an adaptor for NextAuth.js.
You can find more information about these models here.