Supabase
Open-source Postgres backend with auth, storage, and realtime
Supabase is profiled here as a Backend tool for engineering teams. Read about features, pricing, and how it compares to related options in the tools directory.
Description
Supabase is an open-source backend platform founded in 2020 by Paul Copplestone and Ant Wilson through Y Combinator. Every project is a dedicated Postgres database wrapped with auto-generated APIs, authentication, file storage, and realtime subscriptions, which lets a small team ship a complete backend from one dashboard. The stack is Apache 2.0 licensed and runs self-hosted through Docker when teams want full control. The dashboard bundles a SQL editor, log explorer, and observability views, so day-to-day database work happens without extra tooling.
Key Capabilities:
Dedicated Postgres with auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs
Authentication with row level security policies
Realtime subscriptions over database changes
File storage with CDN delivery
Edge Functions for server-side logic on Deno
pgvector support for embeddings and database branching for previews