ariga/atlas

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Atlas is a language-agnostic CLI tool for managing and migrating database schemas as code, supporting declarative (Terraform-like) and versioned migration workflows. It supports many databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, ClickHouse, and more) and integrates with ORMs, CI/CD systems, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Use cases

• generate sql migrations from schema changes
• apply database schema migrations in ci/cd
• manage database schema as code like terraform
• lint and review migration files before applying
• detect schema drift between environments
• run database migrations on kubernetes with gitops
• migrate postgres schema from orm models
• manage migrations for multiple databases in one tool

When to choose

• you want automated migration planning instead of hand-writing ALTER statements
• you need schema-as-code workflows with review, linting, and CI/CD integration
• you manage schemas across many database engines and want one tool
• you want GitOps or Terraform-based database schema management

When to avoid

• you only need a tiny embedded migration runner inside a single-language app
• your database engine is not among the supported ones
• you prefer hand-written, fully manual SQL migration files without tooling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

database infrastructure-as-code ci-cd deployment developer-tools databases developer-tools infrastructure-as-code windows cli cross-platform schema-migrations schema-as-code database-migrations terraform-like orm-integration gitops drift-detection devops automation linux macos docker kubernetes

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