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Flyway vs migrate
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Flyway | migrate |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Java | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Other |
| Stars | 10k | 19k |
| Latest | flyway-13.9.0 | v4.20.1 |
| Last push | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-09 |
| Release cadence | about 5 days between releases | about 110 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 1 commit author 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
migrate replaces Flyway. Alternatives to Flyway →
PartialVersioned up and down SQL migrations, as a CLI or a Go library, without repeatable migrations.
Flyway
- flyway-13.9.02026-10-01Flyway 13.9.0
- flyway-13.8.12026-09-29Flyway 13.8.1
- flyway-13.8.02026-09-24Flyway 13.8.0
- flyway-13.7.02026-09-15Flyway 13.7.0
- flyway-13.6.02026-09-10Flyway 13.6.0
migrate
- 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
Flyway
unsigned The latest release, flyway-13.9.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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migrate
✓ signed The latest release, v4.20.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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