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RESTful or GraphQL API with auth, rate limiting, and database integration.

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Open-source Firebase alternative with Postgres auth storage realtime and edge functions

Database/BaaSFull BaaS

Google full BaaS with Firestore Realtime DB auth hosting and cloud functions

Database/BaaSFull BaaS
free

Edge-first deployment platform optimized for Next.js with preview deploys and serverless

Hosting/DeploymentFrontend Hosting

Git-based deployment with global CDN edge functions forms and identity

Hosting/DeploymentFrontend Hosting
free

Drop-in authentication with pre-built UI components optimized for React and Next.js

AuthAuth Provider
free

Serverless Postgres with branching scale-to-zero and instant provisioning

Database/BaaSServerless Database

Serverless MySQL and Postgres with horizontal sharding and zero-downtime migrations

Database/BaaSServerless Database

Managed MongoDB with serverless scaling search and vector database capabilities

Database/BaaSNoSQL Database
free

Deploy containers globally at the edge with multi-region Postgres and GPU support

Hosting/DeploymentEdge Hosting

JAMstack deployment with unlimited free static bandwidth and Workers edge compute

Hosting/DeploymentFrontend Hosting
free

Unified cloud for web services databases cron jobs and static sites with auto-deploy

Hosting/DeploymentFull-Stack PaaS

Container-based PaaS with one-click databases private networking and usage pricing

Hosting/DeploymentFull-Stack PaaS
free

TypeScript-native reactive database with built-in realtime sync and serverless functions

Database/BaaSReactive Database

Serverless Redis and Kafka with per-request pricing and global replication

Database/BaaSKey-Value Store
free

Distributed SQLite at the edge with per-tenant database architecture

Database/BaaSEdge Database
open-source

TypeScript ORM with SQL-like syntax for Postgres MySQL and SQLite

Database/BaaSORM
open-source

Framework-agnostic auth library formerly NextAuth.js supporting 80+ providers

AuthAuth Library

PostgreSQL-native auth with row-level security and social/email/phone login

AuthAuth Provider

Google auth service with email phone social and anonymous sign-in methods

AuthAuth Provider
free

All-in-one auth with built-in orgs RBAC feature flags and billing hooks for SaaS

AuthAuth Provider
open-source

Open-source AI vibe coding platform built on Cloudflare

FrameworkSDK
open-source

Toolkit for building vibe coding applications

FrameworkSDK
free

Enterprise-grade auth with SSO SCIM MFA and AuthKit UI components

AuthAuth Provider
open-source

Lightweight session-based auth library for TypeScript with zero dependencies

AuthAuth Library
open-source

Open-source auth with self-host option pre-built login UI and session management

AuthAuth Provider
free

Serverless Postgres platform with built-in search analytics and branching

Database/BaaSServerless Database

Simple PaaS for deploying apps from Git with managed databases and scaling

Hosting/DeploymentFull-Stack PaaS
open-source

Open-source self-hostable alternative to Heroku Netlify and Vercel for your own servers

Hosting/DeploymentSelf-Hosted PaaS
unknown

Developer boilerplate/starter kit for building directory websites (~$5K/mo revenue)

FrameworkBoilerplate