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Overview
golang-migrate/migrate is a database-migration CLI and Go library. It reads versioned migrations from filesystem, embedded, or remote sources and applies them through drivers for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Spanner, ClickHouse, and other databases.
Features and best fit
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Key features
Run up/down and version transitions from the CLI or Go API
It tracks migration versions and supports moving up, down, or to target versions. Failed migrations can leave a dirty state that blocks accidental continuation until explicitly handled.
Sources: [2]
Combine separate migration-source and database-driver layers
Filesystem, io/fs, cloud-storage, and other source drivers can be paired with PostgreSQL, PGX, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Spanner, ClickHouse, and additional database drivers.
Sources: [2]
Best fit
Fits teams that want database schema versions synchronized with application deployments
It is useful in CI/CD and release jobs that need ordered schema changes and a consistent migration workflow across multiple database technologies.
Sources: [2]
Before adoption
v4.20.1 declares Go 1.25.11 and is primarily a distribution fix for v4.20.0
The v4.20.1 go.mod declares Go 1.25.11. The release immediately mitigates CI and release failures from v4.20.0 so the latest version can reach registries. Operationally, define concurrency protection, dirty-state recovery, destructive rollback policy, and correct escaping of database URLs.
Official sources
- [1]golang-migrate/migrate — GitHub repository(2026-10-06)
- [2]golang-migrate v4.20.1 — README(2026-10-06)
- [3]golang-migrate v4.20.1 — go.mod(2026-10-06)
- [4]golang-migrate v4.20.1 release(2026-10-06)
- [5]golang-migrate MIT license(2026-10-06)
Supplemental curator note
golang-migrate works as both a CLI and a library with separate migration-source and database-driver layers. Production workflows should define migration immutability, rollback policy, dirty-state recovery, and protection against concurrent migration runners.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Get the source
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/golang-migrate/migrate.git - 2
Enter the repository
cd migrate - 3
Check the official steps
Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Growth
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Development activity
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- Commits (last 30 days)
- 7
- Open PRs
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GitHub Topics
- go
- golang
- migration
- migrations
- database
- postgres
- cassandra
- sqlite
- mysql
- neo4j
- mongodb
- databases
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