# Toasty ORM

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Toasty ORM and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Rust ORM praised for a simpler, nicer API than SeaORM. Caveat: it is pretty new, and people are still waiting to see whether it solves the problem.

## Why people recommend it

- Simpler, nicer API than SeaORM (1 comments): "The API seemed to be a little simpler and nicer to use than SeaORM for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844277))
- Maturing fast despite being new (1 comments): "Toasty is also pretty new, but maturing fast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48955300))
- Praised as wonderful (1 comments): "ToastyTech is wonderful but don't forget GUIdebook, which also is." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48106832))

## What people warn about

- Still new and unproven (1 comments): "Toasty is also pretty new, but maturing fast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48955300))
- Unclear whether it solves the problem (1 comments): "Will have to see if Toasty solves it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48955111))

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