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APIVerified~45ms avg

PlanetScale API

Serverless MySQL with branching, deploy requests, and schema management.

Install
npm install @planetscale/database

About

PlanetScale's SDK provides serverless MySQL access with their unique branching model. Create database branches for safe schema changes, submit deploy requests for reviews, and run queries over HTTP. 65K weekly downloads. The pscale CLI handles branch management and local development. Choose PlanetScale when you need MySQL with git-like workflow for schema changes.

Tags

planetscalemysqldatabaseserverlessbranching

Score Breakdown

CLI Score Breakdown9/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✓CLI tool available+1
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✓Docs have curl/CLI examples+1
✗Reasonable rate limits for scripted use0
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads65k
GitHub stars1.0k
Days since last release15d
Issue close ratio79%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualityexcellent
Breaking changesrare

Performance

Latencyus-east-1 - 2026-03-26
p50
35ms
avg
45ms
p95
110ms

Scores

CLI
9
Quality
8
AuthorPlanetScale
Weekly installs65,000
Last updated3/16/2026
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