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Liquibase vs sqldef: catalog facts
Liquibase	sqldef
Freemium A free edition is available; Liquibase Secure is a paid enterprise product.	Free Free and open source under the MIT and Apache 2.0 licences.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports more than 65 databases Fits into CI/CD pipelines	Declarative schema in plain SQL Idempotent: only needed changes are applied
Website focuses on the paid enterprise edition Recent versions use a source-available license	Command line only Declarative diffs need care with destructive changes
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: FSL-1.1-ALv2	License: MIT, Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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