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Deployment

This section describes how to deploy Node.js applications that use Prisma Client and TypeScript to various platforms.

Use Prisma ORM without Rust binaries

If Prisma’s Rust engine binaries cause large bundle sizes, slow builds, or deployment issues (for example, in serverless or edge environments), you can switch to the queryCompiler Preview feature introduced in v6.7.0.

When enabled, Prisma Client is generated without a Rust-based query engine binary, reducing build artifacts and removing native binary dependencies:

generator client {
  provider        = "prisma-client-js"
  previewFeatures = ["queryCompiler", "driverAdapters"]
}

Note that the driverAdapters Preview feature is required alongside queryCompiler. When using this architecture:

  • No Rust query engine binary is downloaded or shipped.
  • The database connection pool is maintained by the native JS database driver you install (e.g., @prisma/adapter-pg for PostgreSQL).

This setup can simplify deployments in:

  • Serverless functions
  • Edge runtimes
  • Read-only filesystem environments
  • CI/CD pipelines with strict size limits

Learn more in the docs here. Curious why we're moving away from the Rust engine? Take a look at why we're transitioning from Rust binary engines to an all-TypeScript approach for a faster, lighter Prisma ORM in our blog post.

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