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Kinto vs TrailBase: catalog facts
Kinto	TrailBase
Free Free and open source; you run it on your own server.	Free Free and open source under the Open Software License 3.0.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Built-in synchronisation and sharing of JSON records Permission inheritance across buckets, collections and records	Single executable with no separate database or cache to run Built-in auth, realtime subscriptions and admin UI
A backend for developers, not an end-user app Requires PostgreSQL for production use	Postgres support is still experimental Younger and less widely used than Firebase or Supabase
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: OSL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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 October 2, 2026

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