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Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by rubenbe »

I've built OpenSOHO using this, and it has been an amazing timesaver! Even though I modified it a bit to reuse the backend. It's clearly not what it's made for, but it wasn't too hard either. If you have a look at the screenshot, you'll recognize the Pocketbase pedigree immediately.

https://github.com/rubenbe/opensoho/

Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by JodieBenitez »

Humphrey wrote: post #40

I've been trying out Pocketbase on a side project idea. I'm super impressed! Having worked for many years on Django projects, Pocketbase seems like a perfect fit for those small to medium sized projects for which you don't want to create and maintain a traditional backend for. Happy to answer any questions.

Django has great GIS integration. How does Pocketbase compare here ? Also, can Pocketbase work with PostgreSQL or is it SQLite only ?

Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by noodletheworld »

Hmmm… firebase clones are many and varied.

Whats special about this one?

Being a single file binary doesnt impress me; thats true of many projects in many langauges.

It seems nice you can use it as a go framework if you happen to use go, but Im not really compelled by the “it doesn't scale at all” aspects of it.

Someone whos used some other similar stuff comment on why this over any of the others, eg. self hosted superbase?

Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by jdthedisciple »

Humphrey wrote: post #40

I've been trying out Pocketbase on a side project idea. I'm super impressed! Having worked for many years on Django projects, Pocketbase seems like a perfect fit for those small to medium sized projects for which you don't want to create and maintain a traditional backend for. Happy to answer any questions.

How easily can I migrate from an existing sqlite-based backend?

Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by dotancohen »

olalonde wrote: post #42

For those unfamiliar: this is a backend server you can configure via a GUI, so you can get a working backend with little or no code. It’s great for quick prototypes, MVPs, and simple apps. The concept was popularized by Firebase.

What does it actually do? Yes, I know what a backend is - and the backends I write have hundreds to thousands of lines of code that do very specific things. How can that be eliminated? What types of applications can be built with these tools?

Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

m00dy wrote: post #29

I can vibe code this in rust in a day most

This project is so well thought out, you couldn't vibe code it in a week or a month. Genuinely, it's quite a wonderfully designed piece of software. It seems simple at a glance, but what makes it so good is almost intangible; it's a joy to use not only because of what it is, but what it isn't as well. And I really believe that's not something you can achieve with vibes in such short order.

Kind of like people said they could write airbnb or dropbox's software in a weekend. Sure, you can approximate it, but there's a bit of soul and momentum and history there that makes it more than a repository of code and gives it a unique capacity and potential all its own.

Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

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Post by raybb »

rubenvanwyk wrote: post #9

Trailbase is the same concept, but written in Rust instead of Go.

Looks pretty nice! Do I understand correctly you can have it run any JS in an endpoint too? Seems you could host your whole app with this

https://trailbase.io/getting-started/first-ui-app/#custom-en...

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