# Diesel ORM

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Diesel ORM and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Rust ORM that maps SQL types to Rust types through a thin, typed interface. Some find its boilerplate annoying.

## Why people recommend it

- Thin typed mapping of SQL types (2 comments): "a very thin DSL/interface that maps SQL types to Rust types" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468419)) "because I like formal types" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185347))
- Top choice for Rust web backends (2 comments): "the Diesel ORM is the #1 reason to be using Rust for a web backend" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083049)) "Other languages have similar libraries, e.g., Rust has Diesel." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052052))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Entity Framework Core](https://hackerapproved.com/p/entity-framework-core.md): 35 recommend
- [SQLAlchemy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sqlalchemy.md): 33 recommend
- [Drizzle ORM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/drizzle-orm.md): 25 recommend
- [Dapper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dapper.md): 19 recommend
- [Oxyde ORM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oxyde.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Diesel ORM", https://hackerapproved.com/p/diesel/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).