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24 alternatives to Supabase (Beta)

The open source Firebase alternative.

Supabase is an open source platform that provides Firebase-like functionality built on Postgres. It offers a hosted database, user authentication with OAuth and magic link support, real-time subscriptions, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Supabase (Beta) launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    An open source Firebase alternative

    2020 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Supabase▲2,325

    The Postgres developer platform is now generally available

    2024 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Announcing Appwrite 0.14 with 11 Cloud Function Runtimes! 🥳

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Store and serve any type of digital content

    2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

    2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Idea to Postgres database

    2024 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Visualize your Supabase schemas

    2021 · supabase-schema.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    The Postgres developer platform is now generally available

    2024 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    We just launched Outerbase Studio, the open-source version of our core database offering. It works in your browser or as a desktop app and supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. What it does: • Connects to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases. • Spin up local databases directly through the UI, even if you don’t have one running. • Manage and query your data in a lightweight, intuitive interface. • Completely open source. Why we built it: We wanted to share the core Outerbase experience with the developer community as a free, open-source tool. It’s simple, fast, and removes the barriers…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12NO

    Nhost is a managed backend platform with Postgres, GraphQL, Auth, Storage, and serverless Functions. Launch in minutes and scale without limits.

    2020 · nhost.io · its alternatives →

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    An open source analytics client for Supabase database

    2022 · charts.mrarich.com · its alternatives →

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    The open source backend for AI applications

    2023 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Nhost▲237

    The open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL

    2022 · nhost.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN — we've built a testing framework for Supabase that spins up fast, isolated Postgres databases for each test case. It’s designed to make RLS policies easy to validate with real database state, without global test fixtures or mock auth. Features: - Instant isolated Postgres DBs per test - Automatic rollback after each test - RLS-native testing with `.setContext()` for auth simulation - Flexible seeding (SQL, CSV, JSON, JS) - Works with Jest, Mocha, and any async test runner - CI-friendly (runs cleanly in GitHub Actions) We also published example projects and a free set of tutorials:…

    Nov 2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Fully integrated analytics from Supabase. Free to use.

    2025 · dreambase.com · its alternatives →

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    Outerbase▲298

    The interface for your database

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    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 →

  20. 20MD

    Hey HN, I’m an engineer at Supabase [0] and one of the creators of this demo. My team and I have been working hard to bring developers the next version of Supabase Realtime. The current version of Realtime [1] is a Change Data Capture (CDC) server for a PostgreSQL database that broadcasts changes via WebSockets to authorized subscribers. It’s written in Elixir/Phoenix. The server utilizes PostgreSQL’s logical replication functionality, which writes database changes to Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) segment files, and a replication slot, responsible for managing and retaining WAL files.…

    2022 · multiplayer.dev · its alternatives →

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    BaseBuddy▲103

    Turn your Supabase database into a WordPress-like editor

    May 2026 · basebuddy.stack127.com · its alternatives →

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    Install Auth UI and start authenticating users with Supabase

    2022 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Heya HN! We put together a post [0] explaining the motivation for building Supafana in some detail, but in short: we wanted a way to get to database graphs with an effort similar to starting a Supabase project - in essence, in a few clicks. It feels unusual to open-source what is essentially a SaaS infrastructure project, but it also feels pretty great - all our code is here: https://github.com/fogbender/supafana We have some discount codes available - let me know if you want one ([email protected]). Thanks for reading! [0]…

    2024 · supafana.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! Happy to finally launch Stack. We made it because we like to put apps into production quickly, and authentication & user management was taking up way too much time. We have components like and that automatically adapt to whatever theme & design system you're using. Check the blog post to see the example with Radix UI and Joy UI. Also, there's an admin dashboard for monitoring and editing accounts. Stack is 100% AGPL/MIT-licensed, so you can self-host it. Cheers!

    2024 · stack-auth.com · its alternatives →

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