Open-source Backend & Databases software
Backend-as-a-service and databases you host yourself
- SupabaseAlternative to Firebase
A Postgres-based backend platform that bundles a database, auth, auto-generated APIs, storage, realtime and edge functions, available hosted or self-hosted.
Apache-2.0Self-hostedCloud112kGitHub starsSome features paywalled - NocoDBAlternative to Airtable
A no-code database interface that turns tables into spreadsheet-style views, forms and APIs, available as a self-hosted Community edition or as a hosted service.
Custom licenseSelf-hostedCloud65kGitHub starsSome features paywalled - PocketBaseAlternative to Firebase
An open-source backend in a single executable with an embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, user auth, file storage and an admin dashboard.
MITSelf-hosted61kGitHub starsFully featured free edition - AppwriteAlternative to Firebase
An open-source backend platform with authentication, databases, storage, functions, messaging and hosting, available as managed cloud or self-hosted.
BSD-3-ClauseSelf-hostedCloud58kGitHub starsSome features paywalled - ClickHouseAlternative to Snowflake, BigQuery
A column-oriented SQL database for real-time analytics, available as open-source software or as the managed ClickHouse Cloud service.
Apache-2.0Self-hostedCloud50kGitHub starsSome features paywalled - ValkeyAlternative to Redis
An open-source, in-memory key/value datastore for caching, queues and primary-database use, forked from Redis and backed by the Linux Foundation.
BSD-3-ClauseSelf-hosted27kGitHub stars - MariaDBAlternative to MySQL, Oracle Database
A relational SQL database server, created by MySQL's original developers, available as free Community Server and as a commercial Enterprise Platform with support.
GPL-2.0Self-hostedCloud8.4kGitHub stars
