Gino

About Gino

Async ORM built on SQLAlchemy core for asyncio programming. Provides simple and intuitive API for asynchronous database interactions with high performance.

Key Features

• 1Async ORM built on SQLAlchemy Core and asyncpg for PostgreSQL
• 2Lightweight — no session management, no identity map complexity
• 3Starlette and Aiohttp middleware for connection lifecycle management
• 4Supports PostgreSQL-specific types: JSONB, arrays, and enums
• 5SQLAlchemy Core expression language for advanced query building

How Python Data Engineers Use Gino

Engineers use Gino in async Python services that need PostgreSQL access without the overhead of a full ORM. Because Gino is built on raw asyncpg, it delivers near-native query performance — making it a good fit for high-throughput data ingestion APIs where every millisecond of database latency matters.