Atlas vs migrate

Atlas vs migrate
Fact	Atlas	migrate
Language	Go	Go
Licence	Apache-2.0	Other
Stars	8.8k	19k
Latest	v1.3.0	v4.20.1
Last push	2026-10-06	2026-09-09
Release cadence	about 60 days between releases	about 110 days between releases
Active contributors	4 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	5 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Flyway. Alternatives to Flyway →
Full replacementAtlasVersioned migrations plus a declarative mode that plans the diff.
PartialmigrateVersioned up and down SQL migrations, as a CLI or a Go library, without repeatable migrations.

v1.3.02026-08-02This release delivers on a promise we made in v1.2: the security graph is now live in Atlas Cloud, mapping your entire…
v1.2.02026-04-10This release brings column-level data lineage to Atlas Cloud, registry backups to your own cloud storage, a schema owne…
v1.1.02026-02-05This release delivers on a promise we made in v1.0: Database Security as Code is now available for Atlas Pro users.
v1.0.02025-12-24v1.0 is a milestone release. Atlas has been production-ready for a few years now, running at some of the top companies…
v0.38.02025-10-30We're excited to announce the release of Atlas v0.38 with a comprehensive set of new features and improvements that fur…

v4.20.12026-09-09> [!NOTE]
v4.20.02026-09-09> [!WARNING]
v4.19.12025-11-29Bump github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 by @dependabot[bot] in
v4.19.02025-08-29Fixed sqlserver not actually getting a lock if lock is already set
v4.18.32025-04-24a4d0a1b Bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2

✓ signed The latest release, v1.3.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.

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✓ signed The latest release, v4.20.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.

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