amacneil/dbmate

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7185 stars · 366 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Dbmate is a lightweight, framework-agnostic database migration tool distributed as a single standalone binary. It manages timestamp-versioned SQL migrations across MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, ClickHouse, and other databases, keeping schemas in sync across teams and environments.

Use cases

• run sql database migrations from the command line
• keep database schema in sync across multiple services in different languages
• generate a schema.sql diff file for code review
• create and drop databases in development and test environments
• wait for a database to become available in docker compose setups
• roll back the last applied database migration

When to choose

• you want plain SQL migrations without coupling to a specific language framework
• you maintain multiple services in different languages and need one consistent migration tool
• you want a single self-contained binary that works in CI and docker
• you need timestamp-versioned migrations to avoid conflicts between developers

When to avoid

• you prefer migrations written in your application's language or ORM
• you need framework-integrated migration features like auto-generated diffs from models
• you want a GUI or SaaS dashboard for migration management

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

database cli developer-tools databases developer-tools backend windows cli go database-migrations sql-migrations schema-management framework-agnostic postgresql mysql sqlite clickhouse devops linux macos docker

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