Category
Open-source startups in Backend platforms
Batteries-included backends that bundle database, auth and storage so an app can ship without one. 11 open-source startups in this directory are filed under Backend platforms. 10 pushed code in the last 30 days, 1 has been quiet for 31–120 days, 0 have not pushed in over 120 days or are archived. The category is chosen by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, reading only the repository’s own name, description and homepage — one category per project, so something that spans two appears under whichever the classifier judged closest.
Ship status
10 of 11 pushed in the last 30 days.
The list
All 11, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one. The “built for” column and the “alternative to” chips are Jev’s answers about the same repository description, published with the rest of them.
| Project | What it does | Built for | Stars | Ship status | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 supabasesupabase/supabaseStill shipping | The Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications. | Developersalt to Firebase | 111.4K | Still shipping | |
 pocketbasepocketbase/pocketbaseStill shipping | Open Source realtime backend in 1 file | Developersalt to Firebase | 61.4K | Still shipping | |
 appwriteappwrite/appwriteStill shipping | The open-source cloud for agents & devs. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime, WAF and more | Developersalt to Firebase | 57.6K | Still shipping | |
 graphql-enginehasura/graphql-engineStill shipping | Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. | Developersalt to Firebase | 32.1K | Still shipping | |
 faasopenfaas/faasSlowed | OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple | Developers | 26.2K | Slowed | |
 thingsboardthingsboard/thingsboardStill shipping | All-in-one IoT Platform - Device management, data collection, processing and visualization. | Developers | 22.5K | Still shipping | |
 emqxemqx/emqxStill shipping | The most scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT and connected vehicles | Developers | 16.8K | Still shipping | |
 nakamaheroiclabs/nakamaStill shipping | Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games. | Developersalt to Firebase | 13.5K | Still shipping | |
 InsForgeInsForge/InsForgeStill shipping | The all-in-one, open-source backend platform for agentic coding. InsForge gives your coding agent database, auth, storage, compute, hosting, and AI gateway to ship full-stack apps end-to-end. | Developersalt to Firebase | 13.1K | Still shipping | |
 instantinstantdb/instantStill shipping | Instant is the best backend for AI-coded apps. You get auth, permissions, storage, presence, and streams — everything you need to ship apps your users will love. | Developersalt to Firebase | 10.5K | Still shipping | |
 electricelectric-sql/electricStill shipping | The agent platform built on sync. | Developers | 10.4K | Still shipping |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it.