Jdbi
Ranked 6 of 8 SQL query builders by recommenders
People recommend Jdbi as a Java database library that handles connection plumbing while leaving the SQL visible, with no ORM layer in between.
People recommend Jdbi as a Java database library that handles connection plumbing while leaving the SQL visible, with no ORM layer in between.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Keeps SQL visible, no ORM
“handles that plumbing without abstracting away the underlying SQL”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “The startup's Postgres survival guide” “Works very well, and, no ORM.”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “What About Rails?”
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| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sqlc | 20 | 4 | 83% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Ecto (Elixir) | 17 | 5 | 77% | 8 | — | Approved |
| sqlx | 13 | 4 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| jOOQ | 13 | 3 | 81% | 6 | — | Approved |
| JdbiThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Works very well, and, no ORM.”
“There are also projects out there for which JDBI3 and the likes of which are perfectly okay, too!”
“handles that plumbing without abstracting away the underlying SQL”
“I've long missed JDBI and Rosetta which makes writing SQL Queries in Java a dream.”
“JVM/Kotlin/Jdbi + PG for me”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.