---
name: "skeema"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "skeema"
version: "1.12.3+ds-2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/skeema"
---

# skeema(1)

declarative database schema management system

## NAME

skeema - declarative database schema management system

## SYNOPSIS

**skeema** \[*\<options\>*\] *\<command\>*

## DESCRIPTION

Skeema is a declarative schema management system for MySQL and MariaDB. It allows you to export a database schema to the filesystem, and apply online schema changes by modifying CREATE statements in .sql files.

### Commands:

- add-environment

  Add a new named environment to an existing host directory

- diff

  Compare a DB instance's schemas to the filesystem

- format

  Normalize format of filesystem representation of database objects

- help

  Display usage information

- init

  Save a DB instance's schemas to the filesystem

- lint

  Check for problems in filesystem representation of database objects

- pull

  Update the filesystem representation of schemas

- push

  Alter objects on DBs to reflect the filesystem representation

- version

  Display program version

### Global Options:

- **-o**, **--connect-options** value

  Comma-separated session options to set upon connecting to each database instance

- **--debug**

  Enable debug logging

- \-?, **--help**\[=*value*\]

  Display usage information for the specified command

- **-H**, **--host-wrapper** value

  External bin to shell out to for host lookup; see manual for template vars

- **--ignore-func** value

  Ignore functions that match regex

- **--ignore-proc** value

  Ignore stored procedures that match regex

- **--ignore-schema** value

  Ignore schemas that match regex

- **--ignore-table** value

  Ignore tables that match regex

- **--\[skip-\]my-cnf**

  Parse ~/.my.cnf for configuration (enabled by default; disable with **--skip-my-cnf**)

- **-p**, **--password**\[=*value*\]

  Password for database user; omit value to prompt from TTY (default "$MYSQL\_PWD")

- **--ssl-mode** value

  Specify desired connection security SSL/TLS usage (valid values: "disabled", "preferred", "required")

- **-u**, **--user** value

  Username to connect to database host (default "root")

- **--version**

  Display program version

Complete documentation for this command suite is available online: https://www.skeema.io/docs/commands