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flyway vs Liquibase

A side-by-side look at flyway and Liquibase. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

flyway

flyway

Development

Flyway is an open-source database migration tool for Java. It provides a simple command-line tool and API for managing, evolving, and versioning database schemas. Flyway can migrate databases to the latest version, apply repeatable migrations, and track migrations in a special database schema table.

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Liquibase

Liquibase

Development

Liquibase is an open source database change management tool that allows developers to manage database schema changes programmatically. It works by executing changeset XML or YAML files that describe the changes to apply against a database.

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