LiquiBase For Linux

LiquiBase is an open source, free and cross-platform library software that has been designed from the ground up to be used for managing, tracking and applying database changes, as well as to implement a version control system. It integrates with Apache Ant, Apache Maven, Spring and Servlet.

Key features include support for merging multiple changes at once from several developers, support for code branches, a database refactoring IDE-plugin, support for Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems, support for rolling back changes, Java Integration APIs, and support for automated generation or change-applying of SQL scripts.

The software lets user to easily manage production data and several test datasets, create database diffs, generate changelogs from diffs, generate database change documentation, generate and manage rollback logic, as well as to do cluster-safe upgrades.

Among other interesting features, we can mention that LiquiBase supports over 15 database types, as well as the SQL, YAML, JSON and XML file formats, supports extensions and plugins, offers simple commands, such as Drop Column and Create Table, as well as complex ones like Merge Columns and Add Lookup Table.

The project is written entirely in the Java programming language, which means that it’s cross-platform, supported on all operating systems where the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is available, including all GNU/Linux distributions, as well as the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X OSes. It has been successfully tested with both 64-bit and 32-bit hardware platforms.

For the user’s convenience, this program is distributed as both a pre-built binary package and a universal sources archive. The latest version can be downloaded for free on Softpedia, but you can also clone its source code from GitHub. More details can be found on the project’s official web page.