Find detailed information and instructions about Neon's branching feature and how you can integrate branching with your development workflows.
What is branching?
Learn about branching and how you can apply it in your development workflows.
Learn about branching
Learn about Neon's branching feature and how to use it in your development workflows
Database branching for Postgres
Blog: Read about how Neon's branching feature works and what it means for your workflows
Branch archiving
Learn how Neon automatically archives inactive branches to cost-effective storage
Schema-only branches
Learn how you can protect sensitive data with schema-only branches
Automate branching
Integrate branching into your CI/CD pipelines and workflows with the Neon API, CLI, GitHub Actions, and Githooks.
Branching with the Neon API
Learn how to instantly create and manage branches with the Neon API
Branching with the Neon CLI
Learn how to instantly create and manage branches with the Neon CLI
Branching with GitHub Actions
Automate branching with Neon's GitHub Actions for branching
Branching with Githooks
Blog: Learn how to automating branch creation with Githooks
Preview deployments
Create a branch for each preview deployment with the Neon-managed Vercel integration.
The Neon-Managed Vercel Integration
Connect your Vercel project and create a branch for each preview deployment
Preview deployments with Vercel
Blog: Read about full-stack preview deployments using the Neon Vercel Integration
A database for every preview
Blog: A database for every preview environment with GitHub Actions and Vercel
Test queries
Test potentially destructive or performance-impacting queries before your run them in production.
Data recovery and audits
Recover lost data or track down issues by restoring a branch to its history, or just create a point-in-time branch for historical analysis or any other reason.
Instant restore with Time Travel Assist
Learn how to instantly recover your database to any point in time within your [history window](/docs/introduction/history-window)
Time Travel
Query point-in-time connections with Time Travel
Schema diff
Visualize schema differences between branches to help with troubleshooting
Example applications
Explore example applications that use Neon's branching feature.