Flyway is based around seven basic commands: Migrate, Clean, Info, Validate, Undo, Baseline, and Repair.

Migrations can be written in SQL (database-specific syntax such as PL/SQL, T-SQL, etc is supported) or Java (for advanced data transformations or dealing with LOBs).

Plugins are available for Spring Boot,[1] Dropwizard, Grails, Play, SBT, Ant, Griffon, Grunt, Ninja, and more.

[2] Supported databases include Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL (including Amazon RDS, Aurora MySQL, MariaDB), Percona XtraDB, PostgreSQL (including Amazon RDS and Heroku), Aurora PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, CockroachDB, Redshift, Informix, H2, Hsql, Derby, SQLite, SAP HANA, Sybase ASE, Phoenix, and Firebird.

In January 2015, Flyway was placed in the "Adopt" section of the Thoughtworks Technology Radar.