Why We're Moving on from Firebase

1. supabase

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   The Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.

   

   [Firebase founder]

   I no longer work at Firebase / Google, but two points:

   1. There may be issues with the GCP integrations & UX/DX, but GCP integration is good for many customers and necessary for the future of the business.

   One of the common failure modes for the 2011-2014 crop of Backend-as-a-Service offerings was their inability to technically support large customers. The economics of developer tooling are a super-power-law. So, if you hope to pay your employees you'll need to grow with your biggest customers.

   Eventually, as they become TheNextBigThing, your biggest customers end up wanting the bells and whistles that only a Big Cloud Platform provide.

   This was a part of the reason we chose to join Google, and why the Firebase team really really really pushed hard to integrate with GCP at a project, billing, and product level (philosophy: Firebase exposed the product from the client, GCP from the server) despite all the organizational/political overhead.

   2. I'm excited to see the next-gen Firebases do well. It has been 10 years since we launched and there are now some great innovations in the space. I like the way Supabase (https://supabase.com/) has exposed Postgres and InstantDB (https://www.instantdb.com) graphdb+realtime is really promising.

2. SurveyJS

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   JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Keep full control over the data you collect and tailor the form builder’s entire look and feel to your users’ needs. SurveyJS works with React, Angular, Vue 3, and is compatible with any backend or auth system. Learn more.

   

3. pocketbase

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   Open Source realtime backend in 1 file

   

   I've been playing with Pocketbase which uses SQLite:

   https://pocketbase.io/

4. Directus

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   The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

   

   I have to also mention https://directus.io/ here. Coming from Strapi, Feathers.js and Supabase i have to admit it is the closest competitor to Supabase i know. There are things Supabase is doing better but the Admin Interface and the Customization Capabilities of Directus are just unmatched.

5. SQLDelight

   4 33 6,509 9.2 Kotlin

   SQLDelight - Generates typesafe Kotlin APIs from SQL

   

   SQLDelight had neat built in support for this

   https://cashapp.github.io/sqldelight/

6. thin-backend

   5 43 1,244 0.0 JavaScript

   🔥 Thin Backend is a Blazing Fast, Universal Web App Backend for Making Realtime Single Page Apps

   

   Check out thin.dev https://thin.dev/ It uses SQL DDL statements literally as the building blocks for everything.

7. sst

   6 195 24,039 9.9 TypeScript

   Build full-stack apps on your own infrastructure.

   

8. Appwrite

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   Build like a team of hundreds_

   

   I've found appwrite to be a potential contender for db + auth.

   https://appwrite.io

9. Stream

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   Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

   

10. wundergraph

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

    

    I'm the founder of WunderGraph (https://wundergraph.com) and I'd like to mention it as an open source alternative as well.

    What makes WunderGraph different is the focus on integrations. You can easily integrate internal and 3rd party APIs, and choose your own client. We generate code e.g. using swr, so you can build on top of existing ecosystems.

    We're also currently building a cloud version, which uses fly.io machines to be able to scale functions to zero and even run a SQLite database that can "sleep". I'd love to hear people's opinion.

    Here's a video of the cloud alpha that'll be launched soon: https://youtu.be/N8DFjh7FjLU

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