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Kinto vs PocketBase: catalog facts
Kinto	PocketBase
Free Free and open source; you run it on your own server.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Built-in synchronisation and sharing of JSON records Permission inheritance across buckets, collections and records	One binary and one file is the entire backend, trivial to deploy and back up Realtime subscriptions, auth and file storage included
A backend for developers, not an end-user app Requires PostgreSQL for production use	SQLite-backed and single-node, so it does not scale horizontally Still pre-1.0, with breaking changes between releases
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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