Drizzle Config File in Drizzle ORM

From the Drizzle ORM cheat sheet · Database Setup · verified Jul 2026

Drizzle Config File

Configure drizzle-kit for migrations and studio.

typescript

// drizzle.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit';

export default defineConfig({
  dialect: 'postgresql',
  schema: './src/db/schema.ts',
  out: './drizzle',
  dbCredentials: {
    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL!,
  },
});

💡 Install: npm i -D drizzle-kit

⚡ Use defineConfig() for type-safe configuration

📌 Set dialect to match your database engine

🟢 tablesFilter helps with multi-tenant schemas

configdrizzle-kitsetup

More Drizzle ORM tasks

PostgreSQL Setup
MySQL Setup
SQLite Setup

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