Angular
An open-source Firebase alternative providing a full-featured backend with a hosted Postgres database, authentication, APIs, and realtime subscriptions.
What is Angular?
Supabase is an open-source backend platform that provides a fully managed PostgreSQL database alongside essential backend services like authentication, instant APIs, realtime subscriptions, file storage, and edge functions. It solves the problem of building a scalable, full-featured backend without vendor lock-in by leveraging open-source tools and offering a self-hosting option.
Developers and teams building web, mobile, or AI applications who want a production-ready backend with the power and reliability of PostgreSQL, combined with the developer experience of platforms like Firebase.
Developers choose Supabase for its strong open-source foundation, PostgreSQL-centric approach, and comprehensive feature set that eliminates backend complexity. Its self-hosting capability and modular architecture provide flexibility and control not found in purely proprietary alternatives.
Overview
The Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.
Use Cases
Best For
- Building full-stack applications with a PostgreSQL backend
- Adding realtime features like live chat or notifications
- Creating mobile apps with built-in user authentication
- Developing AI applications that require vector embeddings and database integration
- Teams wanting a Firebase alternative with open-source and self-hosting options
- Prototyping and launching projects quickly with a managed backend
Not Ideal For
- Static websites or simple frontend projects with no backend data requirements
- Applications needing non-relational databases like MongoDB or time-series databases
- Environments with ultra-low latency demands where cloud database round-trips are unacceptable
Pros & Cons
Pros
Provides a fully managed, scalable PostgreSQL database with over 30 years of active development, ensuring reliability and performance for production applications.
Auto-generates REST, GraphQL, and Realtime APIs directly from the database schema using tools like PostgREST, eliminating backend boilerplate code.
Includes authentication, file storage, edge functions, and AI tools in one platform, offering a complete backend solution akin to Firebase.
Built on open-source tools like Realtime and GoTrue, with self-hosting options to avoid vendor lock-in, as highlighted in the architecture section.
Cons
Self-hosting requires managing multiple components like Postgres, Realtime, and Kong independently, which can be daunting and resource-intensive for teams.
Official client libraries are limited to JavaScript, Flutter, Swift, and Python, with community support for languages like Go or Java being inconsistent or missing features.
Admits it's not a 1-to-1 mapping of Firebase, so some Firebase-specific features like Cloud Firestore or pre-built ML APIs may be lacking or require workarounds.
Open Source Alternative To
Angular is an open-source alternative to the following products:
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Projects
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Flutter, Stripe PaymentsThis project provides a Flutter example application that integrates Stripe payments with Supabase Functions. It demonstrates how to handle payment processing for authenticated users within a Flutter mobile app using serverless edge functions. ## Key Features - **Stripe Payment Integration** — Processes payments using Stripe's API through Supabase Functions - **Supabase Authentication** — Handles user authentication via Supabase before processing payments - **Edge Functions** — Uses Supabase Functions (TypeScript/Deno) for serverless payment logic - **Local Development** — Supports local development with Supabase CLI and Docker - **Flutter Client** — Provides a complete Flutter app example for the payment flow ## Philosophy The project demonstrates a modern serverless architecture where payment processing logic is securely handled on the edge while maintaining a clean separation between client and server responsibilities.
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