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TrailBaseKinto
Free

Free and open source under the Open Software License 3.0.

 Free

Free and open source; you run it on your own server.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Linux, Self-hosted
  • Single executable with no separate database or cache to run
  • Built-in auth, realtime subscriptions and admin UI
  • Built-in synchronisation and sharing of JSON records
  • Permission inheritance across buckets, collections and records
  • Postgres support is still experimental
  • Younger and less widely used than Firebase or Supabase
  • 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: OSL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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