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 Umzug is a framework-agnostic migration tool for Node. It provides a clean API for running and rolling back tasks.
 
+_Note: master represents the next major version of umzug - v3 - which is currently in beta. For the stable version, please refer to the [v2.x branch](https://github.com/sequelize/umzug/tree/v2.x)._
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 ## Highlights
 
 * Written in TypeScript - you have built-in typings and auto-completion right in your IDE