Alembic
Database migration tool for SQLAlchemy managing schema changes reliably.
Used in agent projects
115
0.9% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in databases, orms and clients
#10 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
47.1M
PyPI, last 7 days, alembic
GitHub stars
4,441
last push Oct 5, 2026
How Alembic is used
Alembic is a dependency in 115 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.9%), #10 of 30 in databases, orms and clients. The most used alternative there is Prisma. Projects that use it most often also use SQLAlchemy (97.4%), FastAPI (86.1%), Uvicorn (84.3%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (4.4%) than for OpenAI Codex (1.1%).
Often used with Alembic
| SQLAlchemy | 97.4% of Alembic projects · 49.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| FastAPI | 86.1% of Alembic projects · 20.4× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 84.3% of Alembic projects · 19.7× more than average |
| Pydantic | 79.1% of Alembic projects · 15.5× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 68.7% of Alembic projects · 10.5× more than average |
| Pydantic Settings | 60.9% of Alembic projects · 30.8× more than average |
| redis (Python) | 54.8% of Alembic projects · 49.0× more than average |
| python-multipart | 51.3% of Alembic projects · 30.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 3.3% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Alembic as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install alembic |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (112), Next.js (2), Other (1) |
| Example projects | learntocloud/learn-to-cloud-app, pipedude/evi-run, Qredence/fleet-rlm, NihadMemmedli/quorvex_ai, RoboFinSystems/robosystems |
Alternatives to Alembic
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma npm Modern ORM with intuitive schema, migrations, and type-safe database queries. |
381 (3.0%) | 19M | 23 | Apache-2.0 |
| pg npm PostgreSQL client for Node.js with pure JavaScript and libpq API compatibility. |
372 (2.9%) | 63.4M | 13.2K | MIT |
| Drizzle ORM npm TypeScript ORM for SQL databases with type safety and zero-runtime overhead. |
323 (2.5%) | 27.2M | 36K | Apache-2.0 |
| Drizzle Kit npm CLI migration tool for Drizzle ORM that auto-generates SQL migrations intelligently. |
309 (2.4%) | 22.3M | 36K | MIT |
| SQLAlchemy pypi Python SQL toolkit and object-relational mapper for database abstraction. |
250 (2.0%) | 85.7M | 12.2K | — |
| better-sqlite3 npm Fastest and simplest SQLite library for Node.js with synchronous API. |
162 (1.3%) | 11.3M | 7,513 | MIT |
| psycopg2 pypi Popular PostgreSQL adapter for Python with full database access and query execution. |
143 (1.1%) | 50.7M | 3,656 | LGPL with exceptions |
| Mongoose npm MongoDB object modeling library providing schema validation and query building. |
142 (1.1%) | 6.6M | 27.5K | MIT |