About DBAnchor
Building a safe, deterministic developer-experience middleware and diagnostics toolkit for PostgreSQL.
Our Mission
Developers spend countless hours deciphering unencoded URL connection strings, opaque SSL handshake errors, diverged Alembic migration graphs, and silent schema drift between Python models and live databases.
DBAnchor was created to bridge the operational gap between raw database drivers (like psycopg, asyncpg, and SQLAlchemy) and production PostgreSQL clusters. It gives developers immediate diagnostic clarity while placing unbreakable safety gates in front of destructive DDL operations.
Engineering Principles
Deterministic First
No external AI/LLM API calls or nondeterministic guessing. Every diagnosis is based on AST parsing, SQLSTATE mapping, and catalog reflection.
Zero Data Loss
Destructive migrations are blocked in production environments by default. Safety is an invariant.
Zero Credential Leaks
Passwords and tokens are strictly redacted across logs, CLI outputs, tracebacks, and JSON exports.
Supported Ecosystem
DBAnchor is built specifically for the Python and PostgreSQL ecosystem:
| Component | Supported Versions / Providers |
|---|---|
| Python | 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17+ |
| Python Drivers & ORMs | SQLAlchemy 2.0+, Alembic 1.13+, psycopg3, asyncpg, Django, FastAPI |
| Cloud Providers | Supabase, Neon, Railway, AWS RDS, GCP Cloud SQL, Docker |
Open Source & Governance
DBAnchor is free, open-source software licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
The project welcomes community contributions, bug reports, and diagnostic rule suggestions. You can get involved through:
- GitHub Repository — Star, fork, and inspect the codebase.
- Issue Tracker — Report bugs or propose new diagnostic checks.
- Discussions — Ask architecture questions and share workflows.
Contact & Maintenance
For project inquiries, security disclosures, or collaboration questions, please reach out to:
calgebrity@gmail.comTrademark Notice
DBAnchor is an open-source project. PostgreSQL is a registered trademark of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada. SQLAlchemy is a trademark of Michael Bayer. Alembic is maintained by the SQLAlchemy project. Supabase, Neon, Railway, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, and other trademarks referenced on this website are the property of their respective owners and are used solely for descriptive compatibility identification purposes.