Aerich
A database migrations tool for TortoiseORM, similar to Alembic for SQLAlchemy or Django's migration system.
What is Aerich?
Aerich is a dedicated database migration tool for TortoiseORM, designed to manage schema changes in a production-ready manner. It provides a command-line interface and programmatic API to handle versioned migrations, making it an essential component for TortoiseORM-based applications that require reliable database evolution.
Developers using TortoiseORM in Python applications who need a structured way to handle database schema migrations, particularly those managing multiple apps or databases within a single project.
Aerich integrates seamlessly with TortoiseORM, offering automatic migration generation, version control, and database inspection, with unique features like multi-app support and managed table ignoring for flexible schema management.
Overview
A database migrations tool for TortoiseORM, ready to production.
Use Cases
Best For
- Managing database schema migrations for TortoiseORM-based Python applications.
- Automatically generating migration files from model changes in TortoiseORM projects.
- Handling versioned database upgrades and downgrades with optional fake operations.
- Introspecting existing database tables to generate TortoiseORM model code for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
- Supporting migrations across multiple TortoiseORM apps and database connections in a single project.
- Excluding specific tables from migration management using managed=False in model Meta.
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