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Editor setup

This page describes how you can configure your editor for an optimal developer experience when using Prisma ORM.

If you don't see your editor here, please open a feature request and ask for dedicated support for your editor (e.g. for syntax highlighting and auto-formatting).

VS Code​

You can install the official Prisma VS Code extension. Once installed, make sure to select the appropriate language model to use it within VS Code.

Community projects​

Note: Community projects are not maintained or officially supported by Prisma and some features may by out of sync. Use at your own discretion.

Emacs​

  • emacs-prisma-mode provides syntax highlighting of the Prisma Schema Language and uses the Prisma Language Server.

Vim​

  • vim-prisma provides file detection and syntax highlighting of the Prisma Schema Language.

neovim​

  • coc-prisma implements the Prisma Language Server.

JetBrains IDE​

  • Prisma ORM Provided by JetBrains. This plugin provides PSL grammar, syntax highlighting, LSP, and more.

Sublime Text​

  • Prisma - For Sublime Text 3 & 4 - Provides syntax highlighting for the Prisma Schema Language. (Source Code)
  • LSP-prisma - For Sublime Text 4 - Language Server helper package for Prisma schema files that uses Prisma's Language Server to provide linting, error checking, formatting, autocompletion, renaming etc. Note: It requires the Prisma package to be installed. (Source Code)

nova​

  • nova provides syntax highlighting of the Prisma Schema Language and uses the Prisma Language Server.

Helix​

  • Helix (from version 22.08) provides syntax highlighting of the Prisma Schema Language and uses the Prisma Language Server.

CLI autocomplete​

inshellisense​

You can get IDE-style autocompletion for Prisma CLI using inshellisense. It supports: bash, zsh, fish, pwsh, powershell (Windows Powershell).

To install, run:

npm install -g @microsoft/inshellisense

Fig​

inshellisense is built on top of Fig which you can also use directly. It works in bash, zsh, and fish.

To install, run:

brew install fig