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Skeema vs sqldef: catalog facts
Skeema	sqldef
Freemium The CLI is open source and free; the site also offers additional commercial products.	Free Free and open source under the MIT and Apache 2.0 licences.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Declarative schema changes without hand-written migrations Configurable linter rules for safety and policy	Declarative schema in plain SQL Idempotent: only needed changes are applied
Only supports MySQL and MariaDB Some features are part of separate commercial products	Command line only Declarative diffs need care with destructive changes
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT, Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it 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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