PocketBase Has a Free Backend — Auth, Database, and Storage in One File

The Fastest Way to Build a Backend Supabase needs a cloud account. Firebase locks you into Google. Appwrite needs Docker. Setting up auth, a database, and file storage takes hours. PocketBase does it in one binary. PocketBase: Your Entire Backend in 15MB PocketBase is a single binary that gives you: SQLite database with REST API User authentication (email, OAuth) File storage Real-time subscriptions Admin dashboard All in a 15MB file. No dependencies. No Docker. No cloud account. Start in 10 Seconds # Download (macOS) wget https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases/latest/download/pocketbase_0.23_darwin_amd64.zip unzip pocketbase_ * .zip ./pocketbase serve Open http://localhost:8090/_/ → create an admin account → start building. Create a Collection (Table) In the admin UI, create a "posts" collection with fields: title (text) content (rich text) author (relation → users) published (boolean) PocketBase auto-generates REST and real-time APIs. Use It From JavaScript import PocketBa