Refinery

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Additional drivers

The maintainers say limited bandwidth favors maintaining additional database drivers in external repositories; the README names Klickhouse as an example.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Embedded migrations

The project can bake migrations into a binary so no additional files are needed when deployed.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

License

The project is licensed under the MIT License.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Migration formats

Migrations can be SQL files or Rust modules with a migration function that returns a String.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Migration tracking

Refinery records applied migration versions and metadata, then checks for divergent or missing migrations before executing unapplied ones.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Purpose

Refinery is a SQL migration toolkit for Rust that runs migrations on a provided database connection.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Rollback

To undo a migration, users must create a new migration and write the changes that reverse it.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Run modes

Migrations can be embedded in Rust code or run through the refinery_cli command-line tool.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Rust support

The project aims to support stable Rust, the previous Rust version, and nightly.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Source availability

The project is published as a public GitHub repository.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

SQLx

The README says SQLx can be used by providing a Config that implements Migrate.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Supported drivers

The README lists postgres, tokio-postgres, mysql, mysql_async, rusqlite, and tiberius as supported drivers.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Transactions

By default, each migration runs in its own transaction; grouped mode can wrap all migrations in one transaction.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Version limit

Migration versions default to signed 32-bit integers; the int8-versions feature enables 64-bit versions and must be enabled before use on a database.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

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