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Skeema vs Sqitch: catalog facts
Skeema	Sqitch
Freemium The CLI is open source and free; the site also offers additional commercial products.	Free Free and open source.
Command line	Command line
Declarative schema changes without hand-written migrations Configurable linter rules for safety and policy	Changes are written in the database's native SQL Independent of any application framework or ORM
Only supports MySQL and MariaDB Some features are part of separate commercial products	Command-line only, with no graphical interface You write every change script yourself
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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