Introduction

Welcome to PalJS - your comprehensive toolkit for building modern GraphQL APIs with Prisma.

What is PalJS?

PalJS is a powerful toolkit that accelerates GraphQL API development with Prisma. It provides code generation, admin interfaces, and query optimization tools that let you build production-ready GraphQL APIs in minutes.

In v9, PalJS runs as a native Prisma generator — just add it to your schema.prisma and everything is generated with a single prisma generate command.

Quick Start

1. Install the Generator

2. Add to Your Prisma Schema

prisma

generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client"
  output   = "../src/generated/prisma"
}
 
generator paljs {
  provider = "paljs-generator"
  output   = "./generated/paljs"
}

3. Create Configuration

Create a paljs.config.ts file next to your schema.prisma:

typescript

import { defineConfig } from '@paljs/generator/config';
 
export default defineConfig({
  generateGraphQL: true,
  generateTypes: true,
  generateAdmin: {
    enabled: true,
    output: './admin',
    routerType: 'app',
  },
});

4. Generate Everything

5. Start Development

Why Choose PalJS?

Single Command: prisma generate generates GraphQL types, client queries, admin UI, and typed helpers
Type Safe: Generated ModelsObject type eliminates any casts in PrismaSelect
Prisma 7 Native: Runs as a Prisma generator — no separate CLI or build step
Flexible Config: defineConfig() with TypeScript autocomplete and per-model control
Modern Admin: React 19 + Tailwind 4 admin interface with full CRUD

Core Packages

Code Generation

@paljs/generator — Native Prisma generator for GraphQL schemas, types, and admin UI
Configuration Reference — Full defineConfig() API reference

GraphQL Integration

@paljs/nexus — Nexus plugin for Prisma integration
@paljs/plugins — PrismaSelect for automatic field selection optimization

User Interface

@paljs/admin — React admin UI components for Prisma

Installation

Install the packages you need:

Next Steps

Generator Setup — Set up the native Prisma generator
Configuration — Learn all defineConfig() options
Upgrade Guide — Migrating from v8 to v9
Prisma 7 Compatibility — Working with Prisma 7

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