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10 self-hosted Supabase alternatives

Managed backend-as-a-service built on PostgreSQL that provides hosted Postgres databases, authentication, real-time APIs, edge functions, object storage, and developer tooling for building and scaling web and mobile backends.

Alternatives to Supabase

Open-source Go backend providing embedded SQLite, realtime (SSE) subscriptions, auth (JWT/OAuth2), file storage, admin UI and REST-style APIs for web and mobile apps.

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60.8k stars3.7k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Appwrite is an open-source backend-as-a-service for building web and mobile apps with authentication, databases, storage, functions, realtime APIs, and messaging.

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57.1k stars5.7k forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained

Directus turns any SQL database into a headless CMS with an admin app, role-based access control, and instant REST and GraphQL APIs for custom applications.

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37.6k stars4.9k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform to build internal tools, portals, forms, and approval workflows with integrations to databases and APIs.

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28.2k stars2.2k forkslast commit Actively maintained

TrailBase is a fast, single-executable Firebase alternative with type-safe REST and realtime APIs, built-in auth, admin UI, WebAssembly extensibility, and SQLite storage.

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5.6k stars190 forksOSL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

bknd is a lightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative that provides a modular backend with REST API, admin UI, auth, media, and workflows, deployable across many JS runtimes.

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3.8k stars146 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

MongooseIM is an open-source Erlang-based XMPP server designed for large-scale messaging, offering multi-tenant deployment, REST/GraphQL APIs, push, and robust observability.

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1.8k stars440 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Para is an open-source, Java-based multitenant backend framework providing a RESTful JSON API, full-text search, distributed caching, and flexible authentication for web, mobile, IoT and prototype apps.

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573 stars155 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Express middleware that generates REST collection APIs from JSON Schema with a Django-like admin UI; supports MongoDB, PostgreSQL or JSON-file storage.

452 stars24 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

What replacing Supabase actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 10 of 10 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, BSD-3-Clause, Apache-2.0, OSL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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