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Dev tools · October 29, 2020

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Nhost – Open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL

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

Nhost – Open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL launched on October 29, 2020 with 210 votes, #129 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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Nhost is an open source backend platform designed as an alternative to Firebase, built around GraphQL. It provides developers with tools to build and deploy applications without managing infrastructure themselves. The platform combines database, authentication, file storage, and real-time capabilities in one system. Nhost is intended for developers and teams who want a self-hosted or managed backend solution with GraphQL as the core query language, offering flexibility compared to traditional backend-as-a-service offerings.

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Nhost is a fully managed, extensible backend platform designed for speed, flexibility, and scale - without the infrastructure headaches. Nhost powers everything from indie hacker side projects to the core infrastructure of scaling startups. Midnight Society launched their game to 400,000+ users in just 6 weeks using Nhost. Their team saved months of development time with our end-to-end backend solution. React Flow implemented a complete subscription platform in just 2 months with Nhost. Their small team was able to focus on product features instead of backend infrastructure. RevTron achieved triple-digit growth using Nhost to power their analytics platform. They reduced onboarding time by…from nhost.io

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