Programmatic Migrations in Drizzle ORM
From the Drizzle ORM cheat sheet · Migrations · verified Jul 2026
Programmatic Migrations
Run migrations from your application code at startup.
typescript
import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/node-postgres';
import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/node-postgres/migrator';
const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL!);
// Run migrations on app startup
await migrate(db, {
migrationsFolder: './drizzle',
});
console.log('Migrations complete');💡 Import migrate from your specific driver path
⚡ Runs all pending migrations in order
📌 Safe to call on every startup — skips applied
🟢 Great for serverless or Docker deployments
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