Liquibase

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 Automation and Integrations

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.

Real-time monitoring and visibility

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.

Install and Run Liquibase

System Requirements

Liquibase system requirements can be found on the Download Liquibase page.

An H2 in-memory database example for CLI

Download and run the appropriate installer.
Make sure to add Liquibase to your PATH.
Copy the included examples directory to the needed location.
Open your CLI and navigate to your examples/sql or examples/xml directory.
Start the included H2 database with the liquibase init start-h2 command.
Run the liquibase update command.
Optionally, follow the prompt for your email to register for Liquibase Hub.
Run the liquibase history command.
If you entered your email, check the report link and the output of the history command 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.

Documentation

Visit the Liquibase Documentation website to find the information on how Liquibase works.

Courses

Learn all about Liquibase by taking our free online courses at Liquibase University.

Want to help?

Want to file a bug or improve documentation? Excellent! Read up on our guidelines for contributing!

Contribute code

Use our step-by-step instructions for contributing code to the Liquibase open source project.

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