What do you guys use for a backend? I've been considering Laravel but it seems like overkill for a simple project.

• payload

  160 19,444 9.9 TypeScript

  The best way to build a modern backend + admin UI. No black magic, all TypeScript, and fully open-source, Payload is both an app framework and a headless CMS.

  

https://payloadcms.com/ is fantastic, OSS and extremely straightforward to set up. If/when you get to staging/production, railway.app is great from my experience so far.

• pocketbase

  177 33,169 9.7 Go

  Open Source realtime backend in 1 file

  

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• create-t3-app

  183 23,295 9.2 TypeScript

  The best way to start a full-stack, typesafe Next.js app

  

• wordpress-posts-react

  1 1 0.7 JavaScript

  React hooks and components to asynchronously fetch and display WordPress posts using its most updated API

  

https://github.com/supertypeai/wordpress-posts-react this for example rolls up all my blogs (optionally filtered by author) into a nice react component. Nothing fancy, but it works, and it saves me time from setting up a Django Rest Framework from scratch.

• Hasura

  228 30,810 9.8 TypeScript

  Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on your DB with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.

  

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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