Database CI/CD for DevOps teams
Manage database schema changes with confidence

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What is Bytebase?

Bytebase is an open-source database DevOps tool, it's the only database CI/CD project included by the CNCF Landscape and Platform Engineering.

It offers a web-based collaboration workspace to help DBAs and Developers manage the lifecycle of application database schemas.

Key Features

🔄 Database CI/CD

• GitOps Integration: Native GitHub/GitLab integration for database-as-code workflows
• Migration Management: Automated schema migration with rollback support
• SQL Review: 200+ lint rules to enforce SQL standards and best practices

🔒 Security & Compliance

• Data Masking: Advanced column-level masking for sensitive data protection
• Access Control: Fine-grained RBAC with project and workspace-level permissions
• Audit Logging: Complete audit trail of all database activities

🎯 Developer Experience

• Web SQL Editor: Feature-rich IDE for database development
• Batch Changes: Apply changes across multiple databases and tenants
• API & Terraform: Full API access and Terraform provider for automation

📊 Operations

• Multi-Database Support: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake, and more
• Drift Detection: Automatic detection of schema drift across environments
• Admin Mode: CLI-like experience without bastion setup

Quick Start

Docker

docker run --init \
  --name bytebase \
  --publish 8080:8080 \
  --volume ~/.bytebase/data:/var/opt/bytebase \
  bytebase/bytebase:latest

Kubernetes

helm install bytebase bytebase/bytebase

Visit http://localhost:8080 and follow the setup wizard.

Documentation

• Installation Guide
• Tutorials
• API Reference
• FAQ

The Bytebase Family

• Bytebase Console: Web-based GUI for database lifecycle management
• SQL Review Action: GitHub Action for PR-time SQL review
• Terraform Provider: Infrastructure as code for Bytebase resources

Use Cases

For Development Teams

• Implement database schema version control
• Automate database deployments through CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate on database changes with review workflows

For DBAs

• Centralize database management across all environments
• Enforce organization-wide SQL standards and policies
• Monitor and audit all database activities

For Security Teams

• Control data access with column-level permissions
• Implement data masking for sensitive information
• Maintain compliance with audit trails

Supported Databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, TiDB, Snowflake, ClickHouse, MongoDB, Redis, Oracle, SQL Server, Spanner, and more.

Community & Support

• 💬 Discord Community
• 🐦 Twitter
• 📧 Email Support
• 🐛 Issue Tracker

Contributing

We welcome contributions!

# Setup a postgres database with user bbdev and database bbdev
export PG_URL=postgresql://bbdev@localhost/bbdev

# Start backend
alias r='go build -ldflags "-w -s" -p=16 -o ./bytebase-build/bytebase ./backend/bin/server/main.go && ./bytebase-build/bytebase --port 8080 --data . --debug'

# Start frontend
alias y="pnpm --dir frontend i && pnpm --dir frontend dev"

Comparisons

• Bytebase vs Liquibase
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• Bytebase vs Jira
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• Bytebase vs Navicat
• Bytebase vs CloudBeaver

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