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Before, a reader on Bun who followed the Bun guide saw this prerequisite:

Bun 1.1 or later (bun --version)

and then bun create prisma@latest refused to run, because create-prisma declares "bun": ">=1.3.0". The PostgreSQL floor was on no page at all, and the TypeScript floor was on Release status only.

After, one page states every floor:

Runtime Minimum
Node.js 22.18 on the 22 line, 24.11 on the 24 line, or 26
Bun 1.3
Deno 2.6, experimental
Database Minimum
PostgreSQL 15
MongoDB 8.0

The decision

A new page, Supported versions, in the ORM sidebar's Introduction after Supported databases and linked from the Getting started sidebar. It states the runtime, database, and TypeScript floors, the tsconfig.json settings orm init writes, that every package is ES modules only, and the temporal-polyfill requirement on Node.js 22 and 24. It ends with how to check your own versions and the date the numbers were checked. This is item C18 of the docs audit, decided on 2026-09-28; the spec is docs/orm-docs-audit/slices/07-supported-versions/spec.md on the audit branch.

Every number is checked against where it is declared, on 2026-10-22:

  • Node.js ^22.18.0 || ^24.11.0 || >=26.0.0: the engines field of prisma@8.0.0-rc.25, create-prisma@0.14.3, and @prisma/composer@0.33.0.
  • Bun 1.3: engines.bun of create-prisma@0.14.3.
  • Deno 2.6: the Deno guide's reason, that the scaffold passes --minimum-dependency-age=0, which earlier releases reject. "Experimental" is the label Will chose.
  • PostgreSQL 15 and MongoDB 8.0: prismaNext.minServerVersion in the two target packages in prisma/orm.
  • TypeScript 5.9, optional: the typescript peer dependency with optional: true on @prisma/orm-postgres, -mongo, and -sqlite at 8.0.0-rc.19, and MIN_TYPESCRIPT_PEER in prisma/orm's scripts/validate-typescript-peer.mjs.
  • mongodb 7 and temporal-polyfill: the peer dependencies of @prisma/orm-mongo and @prisma/orm-postgres.
  • tsconfig.json: the template orm init writes, cli/src/commands/init/templates/tsconfig.ts in prisma/orm.

prisma/orm's own docs/Supported Versions.md is out of date on three of these (Node.js 24, Bun 1.2, Deno 2.0) and documents a --merge-tsconfig flag that does not exist in the CLI, so nothing on the page comes from it.

Other pages changed

  • The Bun guide's prerequisite says 1.3.
  • Release status, Supported databases, and the eight quickstart and starting-point pages that state the Node.js range link the new page from that sentence.
  • The orm init page said "type": "module" is added whenever package.json has no "type" field. The init source leaves the field alone, with a warning, when the file already lists dependencies, and it also adds node to types in tsconfig.json. Both sentences now say what the source does. The fact check found this while confirming the new page's own sentence about it.
  • On MongoDB a DateTime field is still a Date; only PostgreSQL uses Temporal.Instant. The page says so, and the polyfill section is scoped to PostgreSQL.

How it was checked

The reader-review skill's three scripts and cspell pass on the page; lint:links and lint:versions pass. Two cold reader rounds with the Prisma ORM 7 reader persona, then a fact re-check of every number against the list above.

Alternatives considered

  • Put the table on Release status. Rejected: that page is about the release candidate and the Prisma ORM 7 support window, and the audit's reader journeys asked for one page a reader can bookmark for "what do I need installed".
  • Copy prisma/orm's docs/Supported Versions.md. Rejected: three of its numbers are wrong and one flag it documents does not exist.

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    • Added a supported-versions guide covering runtime, database, and TypeScript requirements, configuration, and version-checking commands.
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    • Clarified ES-module and CommonJS setup guidance, including orm init behavior and Node.js TypeScript configuration.
    • Linked setup and release-status guidance to supported-version information, added Prisma ORM navigation links, and updated the navigation order. Removed the Editor setup link from Prisma ORM navigation.
    • Updated the minimum Bun version to 1.3.

One page states every floor: Node.js 22.18, 24.11, or 26, Bun 1.3, Deno 2.6 (experimental), PostgreSQL 15, MongoDB 8.0, TypeScript 5.9, the tsconfig settings orm init writes, ES modules only, and the Temporal polyfill on runtimes without Temporal. Every number is checked against the package that declares it. The Bun guide said 1.1 where create-prisma refuses anything below 1.3. Release status, Supported databases, and the eight quickstart and starting-point pages link the new page. The orm init page now says type: module is added only when package.json lists no dependencies yet, and that node is added to types, which is what the init source does.

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Adds a Prisma ORM 8 supported-versions page covering runtime, database, and TypeScript requirements. Updates navigation and setup documentation to link to the page. Revises Bun and orm init guidance.

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Prisma ORM version guidance

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Supported versions content
apps/docs/content/docs/orm/supported-versions.mdx
Documents Prisma ORM 8 runtime, database, TypeScript, module, and version-check requirements.
Navigation and links
apps/docs/content/docs/orm/meta.json, apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-orm/meta.json, apps/docs/content/docs/orm/release-status.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/orm/supported-databases.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-orm/*
Adds the supported-versions page to navigation and links to it from related setup and requirements pages.
Runtime and project setup guidance
apps/docs/content/docs/guides/runtimes/bun.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/cli/orm-init.mdx
Changes the documented Bun minimum to 1.3 and revises the orm init package type and TypeScript configuration guidance.

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The documented PostgreSQL version check works with the ORM 8 connection URLs shown in the guides. The change is mergeable after normal checks.

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#8572 replaced the Prisma ORM sidebar with an old layout: it dropped Editor setup, moved create-prisma, and listed from-scratch and add-to-existing-project, which the Quickstart group hides. This puts back main's order from before #8572, with Supported versions and A database on your machine added.

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