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Turso+Drizzle Orm

Compatibility analysis and integration guide

Last updated: Dec 28, 2025
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Turso
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Drizzle Orm

Compatible

Score:100/100

Fully compatible with native libSQL support, making it the premier choice for Edge-first and serverless database layers.

Compatibility Analysis

Summary

Native libSQL/Turso support - recommended Edge database pairing

Technical Details

Native libSQL/Turso support - recommended Edge database pairing

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Technical Analysis

The compatibility between Turso and Drizzle-ORM is native and robust. Drizzle provides a specific package entry point via drizzle-orm/libsql that leverages the @libsql/client SDK. This architecture is significant because libSQL supports communication over HTTP/WebSockets, bypassing the traditional TCP requirements of SQLite that often break in serverless or Edge runtimes like Cloudflare Workers or Vercel Edge.

From an architectural standpoint, this pairing is the 'gold standard' for modern TypeScript apps. Drizzle's drizzle-kit seamlessly handles migrations for Turso, and the type safety extends from the schema definition down to the query results. Because libSQL is a fork of SQLite, you get the simplicity of a local-first development experience with the scalability of a globally distributed database without any code changes beyond your environment variables.

Known Issues (1)

1Protocol Configuration

Switching between local development and remote Turso requires changing the URL prefix from 'file:' to 'libsql:' or 'https:'.

Workaround

Use a central database configuration file that dynamically sets the URL and Auth Token based on your environment variables.

Solution Available

Recommended Approach

works natively

Best Use Cases

  • Global Next.js applications deployed to Vercel Edge Functions.
  • Cloudflare Workers requiring a lightweight, low-latency database.
  • Local-first applications that need to sync with a distributed cloud database.
  • Serverless APIs where minimizing cold start times is a priority.

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