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bytebase
Database change review, access control and audit platform for SQL and NoSQL
- Stars
- 14.7k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- Go
13,810 on 21 Apr 202614,699 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
Bytebase sits between users, including AI agents, and databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis and Snowflake. It provides a web console for reviewing and deploying schema changes, with GitHub/GitLab GitOps, 200+ SQL lint rules, role-based access, just-in-time grants, data masking and audit logs. It also ships an MCP server and AI text-to-SQL in its SQL editor.
Who it is for: DBAs, platform and security teams governing database changes and access
Strengths
- Covers many engines: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake, ClickHouse and more
- Combines change review, JIT access, column masking and audit logging in one console
- Policies manageable as code through a Terraform provider and an API
- Single docker run on port 8080 or a Helm chart for Kubernetes
Weaknesses
- Governance tool for existing databases, not a backend to build an app on
- Which features need a paid plan is not clear from the README
- Several moving parts (RBAC, policies, GitOps) add setup effort for small teams
- AI features are secondary and need extra integration to be useful
What it needs
- no GPU
- port 8080
Quick answers
Is bytebase open source?
Its code is public on GitHub under its own license terms; read them before you use it at work.
Can you run bytebase with Docker?
Yes. Its repository has a Docker setup: a Dockerfile, a Compose file or a published image.
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