Is this project still being supported?

[Ben-Epstein]

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Description

I apologize if this isn't the right forum, and I very much mean this in the best intent. I'm using SQLModel in my project, and have come across some of the issues noted in existing open issues (like model_validator not working on tables, full async support etc).

I was looking through the commits and haven't seen any major activity in 2025, which is why I'm asking this now. I love pydantic, and I think the mission of SQLModel is fantastic, which is why I was an early adopter. If it's not actively supported anymore, that's entirely reasonable and understandable, I just want to know so I can begin migrating out of SQLModel or stop adding SQLModel specific functionality, leaning back into SQLAlchemy where it makes sense.

Again, no hate, no flak, it's a great mission. I'm just trying to plan accordingly!

Thanks all

Operating System

Linux

Operating System Details

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SQLModel Version

0.0.24

Python Version

3.12.6

Additional Context

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[monchin]

I think the biggest contribution of this project is that it merges sqlalchemy and pydantic. I also feel like it's not active, maybe because the author is busy on fastapi.

For me, I'm still willing to use it, although it does have plenty of issues and seems it's not that active. Anyway it is a subclass of sqlalchemy.

If you're only using async, I know a project named ormar, which claims using sqlalchemy for orm and pydantic for validation. I haven't used it, but maybe you could have a try.

[hanruiyao163]

It seems that the sqlmodel documentation has not been updated for a long time, do you know any other user-friendly python ORM？

[monchin]

You can refer to ths project. sqlmodel and ormar are based on sqlalchemy and pydantic.

If you are only using async, tortoise is a good choice. Or sqlalchemy is most widely used.