EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator vs FluentMigrator

EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator

EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator is a WinForms utility to help manage Entity Framework 6.0+ migrations. (by TheOtherTimDuncan)

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FluentMigrator

Fluent migrations framework for .NET (by fluentmigrator)

ORM Fluentmigrator database-schema Database Migration SQL sql-server Postgres Redshift Db2 MySQL .NET Snowflake Oracle

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fluentmigrator.github.io

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EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator		FluentMigrator
	Project
-	Mentions	9
4	Stars	3,120
-	Growth	0.9%
0.0	Activity	8.8
about 8 years ago	Latest Commit	9 days ago
C#	Language	C#
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator

Posts with mentions or reviews of EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

FluentMigrator

Posts with mentions or reviews of FluentMigrator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-15.

Entity Framework Core Owned Entity
2 projects | dev.to | 15 Feb 2024

Fluent Migrator
Fluentmigrator 5.0.0 released
3 projects | /r/csharp | 11 Dec 2023
How do you deal with merging Entity Framework feature migrations into your main branch?
1 project | /r/dotnet | 8 Dec 2022
Setup local MS SQL docker container
4 projects | dev.to | 13 Dec 2021

Personally I prefer to use FluentMigrator to schema modification data load.
Dot net libraries/tools that are usefull in many projects
7 projects | /r/dotnet | 3 Dec 2021
Is it sensible to run EF migrations at startup?
5 projects | /r/dotnet | 24 Nov 2021
Ask HN: How do you handle CI/CD for databases
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Sep 2021

We use Fluent Migrator for out C# based applications.
https://fluentmigrator.github.io/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing EntityFramework.DatabaseMigrator and FluentMigrator you can also consider the following projects:

ServiceStack.OrmLite - Fast, Simple, Typed ORM for .NET

Entity Framework - EF Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET. It supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations.

BL Toolkit - Business Logic Toolkit for .NET

DbUp - DbUp is a .NET library that helps you to deploy changes to SQL Server databases. It tracks which SQL scripts have been run already, and runs the change scripts that are needed to get your database up to date.

NPoco - Simple microORM that maps the results of a query onto a POCO object. Project based on Schotime's branch of PetaPoco

Dapper - Dapper - a simple object mapper for .Net [Moved to: https://github.com/DapperLib/Dapper]

SQLProvider - A general F# SQL database erasing type provider, supporting LINQ queries, schema exploration, individuals, CRUD operations and much more besides.

MongoDB Repository pattern implementation

liquibase - Main Liquibase Source

TypeORM - ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP Hana, WebSQL databases. Works in NodeJS, Browser, Ionic, Cordova and Electron platforms.

Fluent NHibernate - Fluent NHibernate!