5 Best Backend-for-Frontend Tools You Should Be Using

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  • wundergraph

    WunderGraph is a Backend for Frontend Framework to optimize frontend, fullstack and backend developer workflows through API Composition.

    • WunderGraph is a free and open-source (Apache 2.0 license) Backend-for-Frontend framework, allowing you to declaratively turn your data dependencies – microservices, databases, and 3rd party APIs – into a secure, unified, and extensible API exposed over JSON-RPC.

  • sst

    Build modern full-stack applications on AWS

    • If deploying and using AWS scares you a bit, check out SST, they make it easy to deploy on AWS.

  • SurveyJS

    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.

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  • istio

    Connect, secure, control, and observe services.

    • Istio is an open-source service mesh that makes managing, securing, and shaping all traffic and communication between your microservices – and adding observability, too – possible, without ever writing code for any of this – no matter how your distributed architecture is deployed.

  • Grafana

    The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.

    • Grafana is an open-source analytics and visualization platform that allows you to monitor and analyze data from various sources, including databases, cloud services, and IoT devices. Grafana can help you create interactive, real-time dashboards and alerts for your applications and infrastructure.

  • hyperloglog

    HyperLogLog with lots of sugar (Sparse, LogLog-Beta bias correction and TailCut space reduction) brought to you by Axiom

    • Axiom is a data management and analytics platform that enables organizations to gather, manage, and analyze large volumes of data from various sources. The platform is designed to provide users with a comprehensive view of their data, allowing them to make better-informed business decisions.

  • next-auth

    Authentication for the Web.

    • Auth.js, just like Clerk, is used for authentication in web applications. It is an open-source authentication solution that was first developed for only Next.Js applications but now supports other frameworks like Svelte and SolidJS, with a staggering number of database integrations.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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