using it on mobile too https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocketbase-mobile-pok/id674828...
Wow you charge a subscription for this? The Apple ecosystem is wild.
Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
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Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
#72I'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.
I’ve been using on a personal side project - but found that LLMs seem to be permanently confused over how to interact with pocketbase - to the point where I’ve even tried creating a Claude Skill to try and reduce the confusion. Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience?
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Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
#73Hmmm… 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 sup…
Hmmm… firebase clones are many and varied.
Can you recommend any in particular, were I wanting to migrate a project from firebase?
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#74I would love something similar but for frontend.
I like developing backends, but writing JavaScript is to tiring.
Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
#75I love it and use it for personal projects and internal tools. I tend to combine it with https://pocketpages.dev/ which gives me file-based routing and nice templates.
Ah, and Pocketbase has automatic database migrations, so all schema modifications can go into version control.
I even hacked a Gemini protocol server into it, so that I can browse my personal knowledge graph using Lagrange.
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#76> Please keep in mind that PocketBase is still under active development and full backward compatibility is not guaranteed before reaching v1.0.0. PocketBase is NOT recommended for production critical applications yet, unless you are fine with reading the changelog and applying some manual migration steps from time to time.
Even for battle-tested software like Postgresql, always read the changelog and test it thoroughly before upgrading.
Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
#77I'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?
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
TrailBase has a comparison page https://trailbase.io/comparison/pocketbase/
What a respectfully and humbly written comparison page. Ditto for their Supabase comparison. I can't rate the objectivity since I know very little about TrailBase but they got my attention now. It brings me such joy to see such a writeup in a world where humility is perceived as weakness. Kudos.
> It brings me such joy to see such a writeup in a world where humility is perceived as weakness.
I think the trend will shift in the opposite direction with advancement of all the genAI tools.
On a personal level, my reading time has reduced. Unless I know/respect the author, I don't bother reading genAI slop.
Re: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
#79I love it and use it for personal projects and internal tools. I tend to combine it with https://pocketpages.dev/ which gives me file-based routing and nice templates. Ah, and Pocketbase has automatic database migrations, so all schema modifications can go into version control. I even hacked a Gemini protocol server into it, so that I can browse my personal knowledge graph using Lagrange.
What is Lagrange? I couldn’t find any project in the context of LLM or knowledge graph.
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#80I'd love to read the docs, but I'm still busy playing with the googly-eye-gopher on the landing page. Super cute idea.