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PocketBasePara
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

 Freemium

Free and open source to self-host; Erudika also offers hosting that is free to start.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • One binary and one file is the entire backend, trivial to deploy and back up
  • Realtime subscriptions, auth and file storage included
  • Persistence, search and caching handled in one server
  • Multitenant, with separate storage per app
  • SQLite-backed and single-node, so it does not scale horizontally
  • Still pre-1.0, with breaking changes between releases
  • Requires a JVM environment and backing services to run at scale
  • Smaller community than mainstream backend platforms
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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