SQLAlchemy - The Database Toolkit for Python The Database Toolkit for Python home features Philosophy Statement Feature Overview Testimonials news documentation Current Documentation (version 2.0) Documentation by Version Version 2.1 (beta) Version 2.0 Version 1.4 Talks and Tutorials Published content overview community Get Support Participate Develop Code of Conduct GitHub download Download Current Release Series (2.0) Beta release (2.1) Development Access License Version Numbering Release Status The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL. It provides a full suite of well known enterprise-level persistence patterns, designed for efficient and high-performing database access, adapted into a simple and Pythonic domain language. Documentation Current Documentation (version 2.0) - learn SQLAlchemy here Documentation Overview Installation Guide ORM Quickstart Comprehensive Tutorial Reference Guides Object Relational Mapping (ORM) Core (Connections, Schema Management, SQL) Dialects (specific backends) Documentation by Version Reference Documentation Learn More Front Matter SQLAlchemy's Philosophy Overview of Key Features Testimonials Library - Articles and Talks Talks and Tutorials Architecture Resources Release History / Download Information News and Announcements Community Getting Support Participate in the Project Get Involved with Development Code of Conduct Current Releases 2.1.0b1 - 2026-01-21 - announce changes | migration notes | docs 2.0.48 - 2026-03-02 - announce changes | migration notes | docs Sponsor SQLAlchemy! Donate to SQLAlchemy through PayPal Sponsor SQLAlchemy through the Tidelift Subscription Latest News SQLAlchemy 2.0.48 Released Mon, 02 Mar 2026 SQLAlchemy 2.0.47 Released Tue, 24 Feb 2026 SQLAlchemy 2.0.46 Released Wed, 21 Jan 2026 SQLAlchemy 2.1.0b1 Released Wed, 21 Jan 2026 SQLAlchemy 2.0.45 Released Tue, 09 Dec 2025 More news... Website content copyright © by SQLAlchemy authors and contributors. SQLAlchemy and its documentation are licensed under the MIT license. SQLAlchemy is a trademark of Michael Bayer. mike(&)**************** All rights reserved. Website generation by zeekofile, with huge thanks to the Blogofile project. Mastodon Mastodon