Commerce · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to SHELF CMS

Turn your Firebase project into a free headless store

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SHELF CMS launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
FireCMS▲154
An open source CMS and admin panel based on Firestore
2021 · firecms.co · its alternatives →
2
Headless CMS for Google Firestore and Firebase▲12
Looking for ways to manage your e-commerce inventory, company blog, in-app translations and more? Simplify the process and use a general purpose CMS. PushTable easily integrates with static site generators, and mobile SDK
2017 · pushtable.com · its alternatives →
3
Firebase▲804
App success made simple by google
2016 · firebase.google.com · its alternatives →
4
Cloud Firestore, by Firebase▲275
Store, sync and query app data at global scale
2017 · firebase.google.com · its alternatives →
5
Firefoo▲138
Gain power over your Cloud Firestore data with a smart GUI
2021 · firefoo.com · its alternatives →
6
Open-source Firebase Alternative? It's here▲153
Announcing Appwrite 0.14 with 11 Cloud Function Runtimes! 🥳
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
Firebase, a scalable real-time backend▲526
Discover Firebase, Google’s mobile and web app development platform that helps developers build apps and games that users will love.
2012 · firebase.com · its alternatives →
8
Firebase Studio▲539
A cloud-based, agentic dev environment powered by Gemini
2025 · firebase.studio · its alternatives →
9
Supabase (Alpha)▲463
An open source Firebase alternative
2020 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
10
Sheetbase▲450
Free, fast and fun way to build modern websites and apps 🛠️
2018 · sheetbase.net · its alternatives →
11
Save, annotate and organize podcasts, blog posts, newsletters, videos▲181
Shelf.so is for sale on Spaceship. Secure checkout and quick transfer. See all purchase options. No hidden fees.
2021 · shelf.so · its alternatives →
12
Cloud Functions for Firebase▲237
Run your mobile backend code without managing servers
2017 · firebase.google.com · its alternatives →
13
WunderBase – Serverless OSS database on top of SQLite, Firecracker▲179
WunderBase is an open source Serverless GraphQL database built on SQLite, Firecracker, and Prisma. Sleep mode saves cost—perfect for fast, lightweight apps.
2022 · wundergraph.com · its alternatives →
14
Flamelink▲136
Headless CMS for Firebase
2021 · flamelink.io · its alternatives →
15
Shelf▲84
A fully customisable, open-source browser startpage
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Supabase (Beta)▲314
The open source Firebase alternative.
2020 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
17D2
Dropbase 2.0 – Turn offline files into live databases▲261
2020 · dropbase.io · its alternatives →
18
Backendless Ecommerce Platform▲147
Launch a shop with 1-line of code, no CMS required
2021 · its alternatives →
19
Supabase Storage▲183
Store and serve any type of digital content
2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
20PF
Pantry – Free JSON Storage for Personal Projects▲105
Pantry is a free, API based JSON storage solution for small projects. We help developers build projects quickly
2020 · getpantry.cloud · its alternatives →
21
Shelf▲135
A better way for teams to manage & share files, links & more
2017 · shelf.io · its alternatives →
22
A minimal setup for React/ES6 sites with a Firebase back end▲59
Minimal boilerplate and configuration for the development of firebase websites with react & es6 - Jon-Biz/simple-static-react-firebase
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
HTML-only static landing page template▲62
Make and host a landing page for free, built with Firebase
2023 · its alternatives →
24
Shelf▲72
A pastebin for resources
2021 · shelf.gg · its alternatives →

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