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Get atlas with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command was taken from the project's own documentation and checked against it.
Not available for Windows yet.
atlas doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs atlas on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
atlas doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Pastes into your terminal and installs atlas on your macOS or Linux machine in one step — no manual setup, no build tools. It fetches the project's own install script and runs it, which is the standard way these tools ship — worth a read if you like to know what's running.
How to set up atlas, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run atlas --help to see the available commands, and
atlas --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This downloads the project's shell installer and pipes it straight into your shell, which executes it without saving a file. Same caveat: it's the project's script, but read it first if you want to be sure.
What atlas does
- Versioned migrations: The command provides a state-of-the-art experience for planning, linting, and applying migrations
- Schema as Code: Define your desired database schema using [SQL], [HCL], or your chosen [ORM]. Atlas supports 16 ORM loaders across 6 languages
- Security-as-Code: Manage roles, permissions, and row-level security policies as version-controlled code
- Data management: Manage seed and lookup data declaratively alongside your schema
- Testing framework: Unit test schema logic (functions, views, triggers, procedures) and migration behavior
- Drift detection: Monitoring as Code with automatic schema drift detection and remediation
Summarised from atlas's own README.
About atlas
atlas is an open-source developer tool.
| Category | Developer tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | shell one-liner (curl | bash) |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | Yes — checked against the project README |
| Popularity | 8.8k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
atlas is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
atlas is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.