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Backend-as-a-service projects on GitHub

Managed backend platforms bundling databases, auth, and APIs for app development.

As of , the most-starred Backend-as-a-service projects on GitHub are appwrite (57.7K stars), surrealdb (33.2K stars) and parse-server (21.4K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 6 Backend-as-a-service repositories with 136.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was surrealdb, with +18 stars in a day.

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136.9KStars in total
+41Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+18

surrealdb

surrealdb/surrealdb · ★ 33.2K

A multi-model database written in Rust: one engine for document, graph, relational, time-series, geospatial and key-value data, with full-text, vector and hybrid search and realtime capabilities.

+15

appwrite

appwrite/appwrite · ★ 57.7K

Appwrite is an open-source, all-in-one backend platform for building web, mobile, and AI apps, bundling authentication, databases, storage, serverless functions, messaging, realtime, and web hosting in one place.

+7

InsForge

InsForge/InsForge · ★ 13.1K

InsForge is an all-in-one, open-source backend platform built for coding agents: it gives agents database, auth, storage, compute, hosting, and an AI gateway so they can ship full-stack apps end-to-end without a human wiring up the backend.

+1

awesome-hosting

dalisoft/awesome-hosting · ★ 943

A curated directory of hosting providers — from VPS and static hosts to databases, GPU clouds and AI inference — comparing each one by the price of its cheapest plan.

The all-time top

6 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · appwrite/appwrite

    appwrite

    Appwrite is an open-source, all-in-one backend platform for building web, mobile, and AI apps, bundling authentication, databases, storage, serverless functions, messaging, realtime, and web hosting in one place.

    57.7K
  2. #2 · surrealdb/surrealdb

    surrealdb

    A multi-model database written in Rust: one engine for document, graph, relational, time-series, geospatial and key-value data, with full-text, vector and hybrid search and realtime capabilities.

    33.2K
  3. #3 · parse-community/parse-server

    parse-server

    Parse Server is an open source, self-hosted backend: you deploy it to any infrastructure that runs Node.js, standalone or inside an Express app, and it gives your application a ready-made API layer over a database so you don't build that plumbing yourself.

    21.4K
  1. 4

    InsForge

    13.1KInsForge/InsForge · TypeScript

    InsForge is an all-in-one, open-source backend platform built for coding agents: it gives agents database, auth, storage, compute, hosting, and an AI gateway so they can ship full-stack apps end-to-end without a human wiring up the backend.

  2. 5

    instant

    10.5Kinstantdb/instant · TypeScript

    Instant is a backend-as-a-service that gives client apps a relational, multiplayer-by-default database with auth, permissions, file storage, presence, and real-time streams built in, so you skip writing a traditional backend.

  3. 6

    awesome-hosting

    943dalisoft/awesome-hosting

    A curated directory of hosting providers — from VPS and static hosts to databases, GPU clouds and AI inference — comparing each one by the price of its cheapest plan.

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