DBLift – database migration management for Python teams
I’ve been working for a while on DBLift, an open-source database migration toolkit for Python teams. DBLift follows the same model flyway does with the same main commands and the same history table structure making it easy to switch from one to the other with the import_flyway command. By default DBLift is out of order meaning that any unapplied migration is eligible to be applied contrary to flyway which refuse to apply any migration with a lower version until you force it. You can still apply the original flyway model you can still opt-in with the —strict flag.…
DBLift – database migration management for Python teams launched on August 26, 2026 with 6 votes, #1,590 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Run SQL and Python migrations with pip. Preview SQL, track changes and undo with your own scripts. Start free with the Apache 2.0 core.
DBLift is an open-source, Apache 2.0 database migration tool for Python teams: Flyway-style raw-SQL migrations for Python teams, installed with pip, no JVM. Write versioned SQL or Python migration files and see every statement before it runs: dblift migrate --dry-run --show-sql prints the exact SQL and applies nothing. The open core applies migrations under a lock and records each version in a schema history table, shows applied, pending and reversible migrations with dblift info, validates history against the repository, and rolls back with undo files you wrote yourself. Baseline an existing database or import a Flyway history. Twenty engines share one CLI, from PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL…from dblift.com
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I’ve been working for a while on DBLift, an open-source database migration toolkit for Python teams. DBLift follows the same model flyway does with the same main commands and the same history table structure making it easy to switch from one to the other with the import_flyway command. By default DBLift is out of…
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