PocketBase Migrations & Schema Versioning

Overview

PocketBase supports two approaches to schema management:

1. Auto-migrate (default in dev) — Dashboard changes auto-generate migration files in pb_migrations/
2. Manual migrations — write migration files by hand for full control

CLI Commands

# Create a new empty migration file
./pocketbase migrate create "add_posts_collection"
# Creates: pb_migrations/1234567890_add_posts_collection.js

# Apply all pending migrations
./pocketbase migrate up