Ruby Migrations

Open-source Ruby projects categorized as Migrations

Top 6 Ruby Migration Projects

  1. Lol DBA

    lol_dba is a small package of rake tasks that scan your application models and displays a list of columns that probably should be indexed. Also, it can generate .sql migration scripts.

  2. Stream

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  3. online_migrations

    Catch unsafe PostgreSQL migrations in development and run them easier in production (code helpers for table/column renaming, changing column type, adding columns with default, background migrations, etc).

  4. actual_db_schema

    Keep DB schema in sync across branches effortlessly. Install once, use rails db:migrate as normal, and let the gem handle the rest.

  5. migration_data

    Migrate data along with schema migrations in Rails and keep them up to date.

  6. SecondBase

    Seamless second database integration for Rails.

  7. configurator

    Create Laravel eloquent migrations from YAML configuration (by suwi-lanji)

    Project mention: No More Manual Schema Writing. Generate Laravel Migrations from YAML and JSON | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-16
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

Ruby Migrations discussion

Ruby Migrations related posts

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    1 project | /r/programming | 17 Mar 2022
  • online_migrations: a new release with more safe/unsafe operations and ability to reset counter caches in background

    1 project | /r/rails | 17 Mar 2022
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    1 project | /r/ruby | 17 Mar 2022
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Migration projects in Ruby? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Lol DBA 1,599
2 online_migrations 708
3 actual_db_schema 381
4 migration_data 367
5 SecondBase 219
6 configurator 2

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