Liquibase helps millions of developers track, version, and deploy database schema changes. It will help you to:
- Control database schema changes for specific versions
- Eliminate errors and delays when releasing databases
- Automatically order scripts for deployment
- Easily rollback changes
- Collaborate with tools you already use
This repository contains the main source code for Liquibase Open Source. For more information about the product, see the Liquibase website.
Liquibase Open Source has built-in support for a variety of databases. Databases that are not part of Liquibase Open Source require extensions that you can download for free. Here is the full list of supported databases.
Liquibase can be integrated with Maven, Ant, Gradle, Spring Boot, and other CI/CD tools. For a full list, see Liquibase Tools & Integrations. You can use Liquibase with GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and many different workflows.
Try Liquibase Hub to get real-time information about your deployments, an overview of recent commands for the specific database you’re working on, and a place for your team collaboration.
Liquibase system requirements can be found on the Download Liquibase page.
- Download and run the appropriate installer.
- Make sure to add Liquibase to your PATH.
- Copy the included
examplesdirectory to the needed location. - Open your CLI and navigate to your
examples/sqlorexamples/xmldirectory. - Start the included H2 database with the
liquibase init start-h2command. - Run the
liquibase updatecommand. - Optionally, follow the prompt for your email to register for Liquibase Hub.
- Run the
liquibase historycommand. - If you entered your email, check the report link and the output of the
historycommand to see they match.
See also how to get started with Liquibase in minutes or refer to our Installing Liquibase documentation page for more details.
Visit the Liquibase Documentation website to find the information on how Liquibase works.
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