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. 1
   FireCMS▲154

   An open source CMS and admin panel based on Firestore

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2HC
   Headless CMS for Google Firestore and Firebase▲12

   2017 · pushtable.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Cloud Firestore, by Firebase▲275

   Store, sync and query app data at global scale

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Firebase▲805

   App success made simple by google

   2016 · firebase.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AO
   Appwrite – Open-Source and Self Hosted Firebase Alternative▲326

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Firefoo▲138

   Gain power over your Cloud Firestore data with a smart GUI

   2021 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Firebase Studio▲545

   A cloud-based, agentic dev environment powered by Gemini

   2025 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Supabase (Alpha)▲470

   An open source Firebase alternative

   2020 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cloud Functions for Firebase▲237

   Run your mobile backend code without managing servers

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    NocoDB▲472

    Free & open source Airtable alternative

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11WS
    WunderBase – Serverless OSS database on top of SQLite, Firecracker▲179

    2022 · wundergraph.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Flamelink▲136

    Headless CMS for Firebase

    2021 · its alternatives →

13. 13OS
    Open-source Firebase Alternative? It's here▲153

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Supabase (Beta)▲322

    The open source Firebase alternative.

    2020 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Backendless Ecommerce Platform▲147

    Launch a shop with 1-line of code, no CMS required

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Supabase Storage▲183

    Store and serve any type of digital content

    2021 · its alternatives →

17. 17AM
    A minimal setup for React/ES6 sites with a Firebase back end▲59

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18SA
    Save, annotate and organize podcasts, blog posts, newsletters, videos▲181

    2021 · shelf.so · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Shelf▲135

    A better way for teams to manage & share files, links & more

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    shelf▲211

    Asset management infrastructure for everyone

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Saleor 2.0▲177

    Open source storefront for great e-commerce experiences

    2018 · its alternatives →

22. 22EA
    Easyful – A Free Gumroad Alternative▲159

    Hi HN, If you’re selling templates or digital assets online, platforms like Gumroad have a ton of amazing features . . . but they’re also expensive. It’s not uncommon to be paying 10%, 20% or even 30% of your revenue just to host and deliver some digital content to customers. Instead, we think most creators should own their own Stripe account and use a lightweight fulfillment layer to send customers their orders. So we built Easyful, a platform built on Stripe to email your content to customers when they buy it. And it’s free! We’ve been using Easyful ourselves for a few months now. Try it…

    2023 · easyful.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    HTML-only static landing page template▲62

    Make and host a landing page for free, built with Firebase

    2023 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    LittleFire▲93

    The first mobile client for Google Firebase

    2024 · its alternatives →

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