List of open source, self hosted BaaS - Backend as a service

OpenSourceBaas.md

Backend as a Service

Supabase - ~52K stars

• Designed explicitly as an open source firebase alternative
• Typescript based
• Docker support

Appwrite - ~32K stars

• Written in JavaScript and PHP
• Docker based
• Realtime support across all services
• Advanced security features (virus-scanning, data encryption, auto SSL, rate-limiting)
• Cross-platform: supports Web, Flutter, Desktop, Mobile and backend - over 10 SDKs: https://appwrite.io/docs/sdks
• Cloud Functions with +15 runtimes in multiple languages

PocketBase - ~24k stars

• Go based, with Svelte frontend
• Doesn't seem to be an official dockerfile/image but there are unofficial images on dockerhub
• SQLite database
• Not used it but seems better for smaller projects

Parse Server - ~20K stars

• JavaScript based
• MongoDB or PostgreSQL
• Has dockerfile

nakama - ~7.2K stars

• Go based
• Has official Docker images
• CockroachDB (or another Postgres wire-compatible server)
• Designed for use with games

nhost - ~6.7K stars

• Written as a firebase alternative with GraphQL support
• Typescript based
• Includes docker-compose example
• See also Hasura Backend Plus

Kuzzle - ~1.3k stars

• JavaScript based
• Elasticsearch as a NoSQL document storage
• Has Docker Compose file

para - ~500 stars

• Java based
• Has official Docker images
• Database agnostic

LoopBack 4 - ~4k stars

• More of an api development platform than a BaaS, added here because could be good starting point if developing own BaaS
• TypeScript and JavaScript based

Conduit - ~300 stars

• TypeScript based
• Seems to still be in early development
• Database: MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Database APIs: REST, GraphQL
• Storage: local, Azure Cloud, Google Cloud, Amazon S3 Cloud
• Auth: local, 2FA, Google, Facebook, Twitch, Slack, Figma, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft, magic link
• Email: Mailgun, Sendgrid, Mandrill, SMTP
• Also has modules for: SMS, chat, forms, routing, push notifications

Other services

These services aren't exactly Backend-as-a-Service as I understand it, but might still be useful. For now I'll just add links, and I'll add summaries later on.

SurrealDB - ~21k stars

directus - ~22k stars

strapi - ~54k stars

Userbase - ~2.2k stars

Discontinued BaaS

CloudBoost - ~1.4k stars

• Last commit in Nov 2020
• JavaScript based
• Has Docker Compose file
• MongoDB database

Apache Usergrid - ~1k stars

• Last commit in Dec 2020
• Java based
• cassandra database

SkyGear - ~400 stars

• Last commit in Jun 2020
• Seems v. complete but not many users (harder to fix issues)
• Go based

Further notes

• Platform as a service? Is one needed alongside BaaS? Dokku markets itself as mini heroku, maybe a good one to try first (e.g. Flynn, tsuru, openshift, dokku, cloud foundry)