django-pgmigrate
Avoid costly downtime during Postgres migrations.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you run Django on Postgres and want to reduce migration downtime. The package is straightforward to install, has no security vulnerabilities, and solves a real operational problem. The aging maintenance status is a minor concern but not a blocker—the codebase is stable and compatible with current versions. Install it if migration locking is a pain point; skip it if you use other databases or have short, non-blocking migrations.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django 4.2–6.0, Python 3.10–3.14, Postgres 14–18, and Psycopg 2–3.
- Low friction install with a pure Python wheel.
- Maintenance status is aging—last commit was 2025-11-30 and the project has 28 stars—but the package remains actively maintained and compatible with current Django and Python versions.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-3-Clause (permissive) — BSD-3-Clause is permissive and poses no restriction on commercial or private use.
last release 2025-11-30 (257 days) · last repo commit 2025-11-30 · 28 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 989,583 downloads/mo, #4,566 on PyPI
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pip install django-pgmigrate
# Add to Django INSTALLED_APPS:
# 'pgactivity', 'pglock', 'pgmigrate'
python manage.py migrate- Whether automatic query termination is safe for all workload types or if manual inspection is recommended in production.
- Performance impact of blocking-query detection during large migration batches.
What it is and what it does
django-pgmigrate is a Django management command wrapper that solves a common Postgres migration problem: when long-running transactions hold locks, subsequent migrations queue behind them and block all queries on the affected model. The package detects these blocking queries and either terminates them automatically (the default) or prints them for manual review. It also supports setting lock timeouts to cancel migrations that block too long.
The package integrates into Django's standard migrate command and requires adding three apps to INSTALLED_APPS. It works with Django 4.2–6.0, Python 3.10–3.14, and Postgres 14–18, making it compatible with modern Django deployments. The two runtime dependencies are django and django-pglock.
Use it for
- Automatically terminate blocking queries during production migrations to prevent cascading locks.
- Inspect and manually manage blocking activity instead of auto-terminating for workloads requiring careful query control.
- Set lock timeouts to fail fast if a migration blocks longer than a configured threshold.
- Monitor Postgres process IDs during migrations to correlate blocking activity with application logs.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you run Django on Postgres and want to reduce migration downtime.
The package is straightforward to install, has no security vulnerabilities, and solves a real operational problem. The aging maintenance status is a minor concern but not a blocker—the codebase is stable and compatible with current versions. Install it if migration locking is a pain point; skip it if you use other databases or have short, non-blocking migrations.
Install
django-pgmigrate on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with a pure Python wheel. Maintenance status is aging—last commit was 2025-11-30 and the project has 28 stars—but the package remains actively maintained and compatible with current Django and Python versions.
Requires Django 4.2–6.0, Python 3.10–3.14, Postgres 14–18, and Psycopg 2–3.
License in practice
BSD-3-Clause is permissive and poses no restriction on commercial or private use.
Quickstart
pip install django-pgmigrate
# Add to Django INSTALLED_APPS:
# 'pgactivity', 'pglock', 'pgmigrate'
python manage.py migrateVerify before relying
- Whether automatic query termination is safe for all workload types or if manual inspection is recommended in production.
- Performance impact of blocking-query detection during large migration batches.
Package facts
| License | BSD-3-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4,>=3.10.0 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesdjangodjango-pglock |
| Maintenance | Aging 257 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 989,583 / month, #4,566 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Framework :: DjangoFramework :: Django :: 4.2Framework :: Django :: 5.0Framework :: Django :: 5.1Framework :: Django :: 5.2Framework :: Django :: 6.0Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: django_pgmigrate-1.6.0-py3-none-any.whl
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