ORM Designer

ORM Designer is a software product brand from the Czech Republic that provides a visual editor for object-relational mapping (ORM) frameworks. Its core purpose is to let developers build a visual model of their database schema and then automatically export schema definition files, rather than writing those definitions by hand. The official site positions the tool around productivity, claiming users can save up to 75% of their time through automatic export, error elimination and other improvements. The product supports a range of ORM frameworks, including CakePHP, Doctrine, Doctrine2, Propel and the Java Persistence API, and it also lists MVC frameworks such as Symfony and Zend Framework among its supported environments. Export and import formats include YAML, XML, annotations and source code, so a project can be brought into the visual editor and pushed back out into the format the framework expects. ORM Designer 2 was promoted as faster, better and fully multiplatform, with native support for macOS, Linux and Windows, Doctrine2 annotations support, project-level configurations, faster import and export, and a more complex ORM attribute system. The brand later evolved into a new generation called ORM Designer 3, marketed under the name Skipper and hosted on a separate site, skipper18.com. The original orm-designer.com site continued to serve as the home for ORM Designer 2, its documentation, support forum, blog, downloads, previous builds, public beta, pricing and discounts, ROI and case studies, reviews and testimonials, and system requirements. The site also links to RSS, Twitter and a support forum, indicating an active community and support operation around the product. ORM Designer is a niche developer-tool brand rather than a mass-market consumer product. Its audience is software developers and teams working with PHP and Java ORM frameworks who want a graphical way to design, import and export schema definitions. The brand is associated with the Czech Republic, and its official website remains the primary source of product information, documentation and downloads.

ORM Designer emerged as a Czech software product built around a visual approach to object-relational mapping. Instead of hand-writing schema definitions, developers could create a visual model and let the tool export schema definition files for them. The official site frames the value proposition around time savings, stating that users can save up to 75% of their time thanks to automatic export, error elimination and other improvements. The product's supported frameworks span CakePHP, Doctrine, Doctrine2, Propel and the Java Persistence API, with MVC frameworks such as Symfony and Zend Framework also listed. Import and export support covers YAML, XML, annotations and source code, allowing one-click creation of schema definitions and equally simple import of existing projects. A major product generation was ORM Designer 2, described on the site as faster, better and fully multiplatform, with native support for macOS, Linux and Windows. It added Doctrine2 annotations support, project-level configurations, faster import and export, and a more complex ORM attribute system. Alongside the product, the brand built out documentation, a support forum, a blog, downloads, previous builds, a public beta, pricing and discounts, ROI and case studies, reviews and testimonials, and system requirements. The brand later introduced a new generation, ORM Designer 3, marketed under the name Skipper and hosted at skipper18.com. The original site continued to present ORM Designer 2 and its supporting resources, while directing users to the new site for the newer product. The official site also links to RSS, Twitter and a support forum, reflecting an ongoing support and community presence around the tool.

• ORM Designer 2 released, described as faster, better and fully multiplatform with native macOS, Linux and Windows support.

• New ORM Designer documentation launched, covering topics from basics to advanced.

• ORM Designer 3 introduced under the name Skipper on skipper18.com.

A productivity-focused visual editor for ORM frameworks, aimed at developers who want to model schemas visually and export them automatically.

• ORM Designer 2

  Faster, better and fully multiplatform version with native macOS, Linux and Windows support, Doctrine2 annotations support, project-level configurations, faster import and export, and a more complex ORM attribute system.

• ORM Designer 3 (Skipper)

  New generation of ORM Designer available on the new site skipper18.com.

1. 1Visual editor for PHP Doctrine, Doctrine2, Propel and CakePHP | ORM Designerorm-designer.com
2. 2ORM Designerwikidata.org