Atlas
A command-line tool that manages database schemas as code and plans migrations automatically.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install atlas
About Atlas
Atlas manages database schemas declaratively: you define the desired state and Atlas computes the migration plan to reach it. It also lints migrations, detects schema drift and plugs into CI/CD pipelines.
It integrates with ORMs, offers a Terraform provider and a Kubernetes operator, and can manage roles, permissions and seed data as code. It suits engineering teams that want schema changes reviewed and automated like the rest of their code. A paid cloud tier is offered alongside the tool.
Strengths
- Declarative schema management with automatic migration planning
- Migration linting and drift detection
- CI/CD, Terraform and Kubernetes integrations
Limitations
- Some features are tied to paid plans
- Command-line and config driven, no visual editor
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumThe tool is free to start with; paid plans are listed on the pricing page.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Ariga
- Platforms
- Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Hosted service
- Best suited for
- Teams automating database schema migrations in CI/CD
- Categories
- Database tools, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Atlas
Compare allSoftware that can replace Atlas for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Flyway
A database migration tool that applies versioned schema changes across many database engines.
Flyway uses versioned migrations instead of declarative schema planning, supports more than 60 databases, is open source under Apache-2.0, and keeps governance features in a paid edition.
Liquibase
A tool for tracking, versioning and deploying database schema changes across many databases.
Liquibase tracks and deploys schema changes across more than 65 databases in CI/CD pipelines, but recent versions use a source-available license and the website centres on the paid enterprise edition.
Dbmate
Manage database schema changes with plain SQL migration files.
Dbmate is a free MIT-licensed tool that runs plain SQL migration files, so you write each change yourself instead of relying on automatic migration planning, linting or drift detection.
Bytebase
A web-based database governance platform for schema migrations, change review and controlled query access.
Bytebase moves migrations into a self-hostable web platform with a review workflow for schema changes and data fixes, aimed at team governance rather than a command-line and config approach.
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