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Migration tool for SQLAlchemy with autogenerate support.

Python SQL toolkit and ORM with a powerful Core expression language; the standard outside Django.

The standard JPA implementation for Java, used beneath Spring Data JPA in most Spring apps.

Entity Framework Core

.NET's official ORM with LINQ queries, change tracking and migrations.

Head to head

Metric	Alembic	SQLAlchemy	Hibernate	Entity Framework Core
Stars	4.5k	12.3k	6.5k	14.8k
Weekly downloads	53.9M	95.8M	n/a	n/a
Download growth	+27%	+23%	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	82/100	87/100	70/100	76/100
Forks	391	1.8k	3.8k	3.5k
Open issues	117	209	186	2.3k
Last commit	1w ago	2d ago	1d ago	5d ago
Latest version	1.20.1Oct 22, 2026	2.1.8Nov 4, 2026	n/a	n/a
License	MIT	MIT	Apache-2.0	MIT
First released	2018	2018	2010	2014
Signals	None	Popular	Popular	Popular
Listed in	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations Databases › Migrations & Schema Management	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations	Backend › ORMs, Data Access & Migrations

Weekly downloads over time

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Alembic
SQLAlchemy