Supabase
Postgres backend with auth, storage and edge functions
- Open source
- Developer Platforms
What it is
Supabase assembles a managed PostgreSQL database with generated REST and realtime APIs, authentication, object storage and edge functions, keeping SQL and row-level security as the authorisation model. Because it is Postgres underneath, extensions such as pgvector turn the same database into a retrieval store. The stack is open source and can be self-hosted.
Best for
Applications that want a relational database plus the surrounding services without giving up SQL or portability.
Where it falls short
Row-level security is powerful but unforgiving — complex policies push authorisation into the database where it is harder to test and review.
Characteristics
- postgresql
- auth
- realtime
- row-level-security
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