This looks like a great solution for rapid prototyping scenarios where you want a basic CRUD backend with as little friction as possible. The API preview feature in the admin dashboard is a really nice touch.
Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
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Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
feedback: re the site: i have no idea what you mean by a "backend". If it's got a "admin dashboard" it's got a UI which means it's got a front-end which means it's not a backend. I'm assuming "go backend" isn't specific to go but just indicating that it's written in go. it's got a example code block but doesn't explain the point of it. Why would an existing framework with a UI and everything need me to write a `main`…
It's a lightweight replacement for Firebase. I That's why it is described as a backend, because it's primary feature is to act as a data store. If don't understand what a project does, and you're unfamiliar with the comparisons given (Firebase, Supabase), the right thing to do would bw to look up the comparisons.
I know you have user management, a database, and do something with files. As noted before the "backed-in files" isn't a commonly used phrase so i'm left with 2 pieces of meaningful info, neither of which is particularly notable because every multi-user app has both of those.
Firebase gives me a list of use cases https://firebase.google.com/use-cases and documentation whose left nav gives me a good insight into the high-level functionality it provides "authentication, storage, hosting, security rules, extensions, machine learning, etc"
I think it's safe to assume you don't provide all of those, but i don't know what subset you DO provide. As a result, if i give you the benefit of the doubt, telling me it's a "replacement for firebase" is not meaningful because i don't know what parts it can replace unless it's just the few listed in which case it's absolutely _not_ a replacement.
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a lightweight replacement for Firebase. I That's why it is described as a backend, because it's primary feature is to act as a data store. If don't understand what a project does, and you're unfamiliar with the comparisons given (Firebase, Supabase), the right thing to do would bw to look up the comparisons.
I know you have user management, a database, and do something with files. As noted before the "backed-in files" isn't a commonly used phrase so i'm left with 2 pieces of meaningful info, neither of which is particularly notable because every multi-user app has both of those. Firebase gives me a list of use cases https://firebase.google.com/use-cases and documentation whose left nav gives me a good insight into the hi…
I'm not OP; I wasn't aware of the project until I read the HN headline.
"Lightweight replacement" also implies missing features, IMO. This project has - at the minimum - authentication, storage and hosting in a single binary that can be self-hosted. This absolutely can replace Firebase for some use-cases (e.g. on my LAN/homelab)
Aside: your tone is weirdly - and needlessly combative. If you see no value in this project to yourself, that is fine, but it appears to be making you angry for some unfathomable reason.
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#54PocketBase is a small open source project that I've been working for the last couple of months. You could think of PocketBase as a lightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative. In short, it is an open source Go backend (framework and app) consisting of: - embedded database (SQLite) with realtime subscriptions\ - backed-in files and users management - convenient Admin dashboard UI - simple REST-ish API And all of this co…
> backed-in files and users management Did you intend to say baked -in? Like it's built-in? If so, I feel it's better to just use "built-in" because it's more familiar. The same typo's in the site too and confused me a bit.
Yes, built-in sounds better. I'll update it.
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#55This looks great! Does this have support for offline usage on the client?
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#56This here is some quality work top to bottom, including the documentation and the website.
+1 .. Very amazing!
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a lightweight replacement for Firebase. I That's why it is described as a backend, because it's primary feature is to act as a data store. If don't understand what a project does, and you're unfamiliar with the comparisons given (Firebase, Supabase), the right thing to do would bw to look up the comparisons.
I know you have user management, a database, and do something with files. As noted before the "backed-in files" isn't a commonly used phrase so i'm left with 2 pieces of meaningful info, neither of which is particularly notable because every multi-user app has both of those. Firebase gives me a list of use cases https://firebase.google.com/use-cases and documentation whose left nav gives me a good insight into the hi…
I’m familiar with firebase and an electron developer and I still don’t understand what this project does. I wish I did, because it seems it’d be interesting to me. Even the app that uses this (Presentator) is described in a way that leaves me grasping for “bit what does it DO?”
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know you have user management, a database, and do something with files. As noted before the "backed-in files" isn't a commonly used phrase so i'm left with 2 pieces of meaningful info, neither of which is particularly notable because every multi-user app has both of those. Firebase gives me a list of use cases https://firebase.google.com/use-cases and documentation whose left nav gives me a good insight into the hi…
I’m familiar with firebase and an electron developer and I still don’t understand what this project does. I wish I did, because it seems it’d be interesting to me. Even the app that uses this (Presentator) is described in a way that leaves me grasping for “bit what does it DO?”
There is a bunch of software in this space like supabase, flat backend, and appwrite that attempts to be a generic self hosted backend for apps in a manner similar to firebase by providing data storage and authentication with a rest API in an integrated fashion, usually with a built in admin interface for schema design, user management, etc.
You can also think of them as software like postgrest but with the addition of authentication and other app oriented features, and with a JavaScript client library out if the box.
This program is doing the same thing in a more lightweight way as a single executable using sqlite.
The idea is that by using this type of generic backend software for your database and authentication, you can basically just write the remainder of a typical app or webapp entirely as client side/frontend software, which is something that you can also do with firebase, but this allows you to easily self host it without having to create your own custom backend software.
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
You haven’t tried really hard: > PocketBase could be used as a standalone app or as a Go framework/toolkit that enables you to build your own custom app specific business logic and still have a single portable executable at the end.
if it's used a standalone app then what functionality is it providing beyond "user admin". Like, what problem does it solve in that use case? > a Go framework/toolkit that enables you to build your own custom app specific business logic that definition applies to literally every framework and toolkit. It tells me nothing.
It provides an authenticated rest API (with a premade JavaScript client library) to an sqlite database, so you can store users' data similarly to how you might use firebase.
Re: Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m familiar with firebase and an electron developer and I still don’t understand what this project does. I wish I did, because it seems it’d be interesting to me. Even the app that uses this (Presentator) is described in a way that leaves me grasping for “bit what does it DO?”
There is a bunch of software in this space like supabase, flat backend, and appwrite that attempts to be a generic self hosted backend for apps in a manner similar to firebase by providing data storage and authentication with a rest API in an integrated fashion, usually with a built in admin interface for schema design, user management, etc. You can also think of them as software like postgrest but with the addition…
Ok, so it's a self-hosted CRUD boilerplate with auth written in Go? Or a self-hosted Notion but with less view/UI customization out of the box?