pocketbase

September 1, 2022 · 1 min read · tech, programming

I’ve been looking for an alternative to firebase. Because OSS FTW!!

Pocketbase is an alternative with A bold claim.

But, it really does 2 things very well, AUTH APIs and CRUD APIs over DBs.

pros:

• Is a single binary
• Uses sqlite3, which means the database is integrated with the app itself
• Written in go, but does not require CGO to integrate with sqlite3

cons:

• Sqlite is only horizontally scalable.
• Feature set is limited.