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Developers looking for a powerful Database solution
About PocketBase
Embedded performant database with schema builder, data validations, real-time subscriptions, and easy-to-use REST API. Sanely store files locally or in S3 storage. Easily attach media to your database records and generate thumbs on the fly. Use as a standalone app or as Go framework, that you can extend via hooks to create your own custom portable backend. Provides official client SDKs for painless integration. PocketBase differs from other similar backend solutions like Firebase, Supabase, Nhost, etc. and doesn't support running cloud functions. Instead, PocketBase could be used as a Go framework that enables you to build your own custom app-specific business logic and still have a single portable executable at the end.
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