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List of open source, self hosted BaaS - Backend as a service

Backend as a Service

Supabase - ~52K stars

  • Designed explicitly as an open source firebase alternative
  • Typescript based
  • Docker support

Appwrite - ~32K stars

  • Written in JavaScript and PHP
  • Docker based
  • Realtime support across all services
  • Advanced security features (virus-scanning, data encryption, auto SSL, rate-limiting)
  • Cross-platform: supports Web, Flutter, Desktop, Mobile and backend - over 10 SDKs: https://appwrite.io/docs/sdks
  • Cloud Functions with +15 runtimes in multiple languages

PocketBase - ~24k stars

  • Go based, with Svelte frontend
  • Doesn't seem to be an official dockerfile/image but there are unofficial images on dockerhub
  • SQLite database
  • Not used it but seems better for smaller projects

Parse Server - ~20K stars

  • JavaScript based
  • MongoDB or PostgreSQL
  • Has dockerfile

nakama - ~7.2K stars

  • Go based
  • Has official Docker images
  • CockroachDB (or another Postgres wire-compatible server)
  • Designed for use with games

nhost - ~6.7K stars

  • Written as a firebase alternative with GraphQL support
  • Typescript based
  • Includes docker-compose example
  • See also Hasura Backend Plus

Kuzzle - ~1.3k stars

  • JavaScript based
  • Elasticsearch as a NoSQL document storage
  • Has Docker Compose file

para - ~500 stars

  • Java based
  • Has official Docker images
  • Database agnostic

LoopBack 4 - ~4k stars

  • More of an api development platform than a BaaS, added here because could be good starting point if developing own BaaS
  • TypeScript and JavaScript based

Conduit - ~300 stars

  • TypeScript based
  • Seems to still be in early development
  • Database: MongoDB, PostgreSQL
  • Database APIs: REST, GraphQL
  • Storage: local, Azure Cloud, Google Cloud, Amazon S3 Cloud
  • Auth: local, 2FA, Google, Facebook, Twitch, Slack, Figma, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft, magic link
  • Email: Mailgun, Sendgrid, Mandrill, SMTP
  • Also has modules for: SMS, chat, forms, routing, push notifications

Other services

These services aren't exactly Backend-as-a-Service as I understand it, but might still be useful. For now I'll just add links, and I'll add summaries later on.

SurrealDB - ~21k stars

directus - ~22k stars

strapi - ~54k stars

Userbase - ~2.2k stars

Discontinued BaaS

CloudBoost - ~1.4k stars

  • Last commit in Nov 2020
  • JavaScript based
  • Has Docker Compose file
  • MongoDB database

Apache Usergrid - ~1k stars

  • Last commit in Dec 2020
  • Java based
  • cassandra database

SkyGear - ~400 stars

  • Last commit in Jun 2020
  • Seems v. complete but not many users (harder to fix issues)
  • Go based

Further notes

  • Platform as a service? Is one needed alongside BaaS? Dokku markets itself as mini heroku, maybe a good one to try first (e.g. Flynn, tsuru, openshift, dokku, cloud foundry)
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