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

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