PocketBase
PocketBase is a tool that offers SQLite-based embedded database, user management, file storage, and REST API features in a single executable file. It can be used both as an independent application and integrated into Go projects as a library. The project is in active development and there is no backward compatibility guarantee until version v1.0.0.
pocketbase · WordPress & Alternatives
- You manage data with SQLite-based database and real-time subscriptions.
- You provide backend to your application using built-in user and file management features.
- Using JavaScript or Go languages, you expand the application's business logic.
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Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
“The existing admin interface could be used as a very rudimentary content management, but it was really intended for quick internal data explorations and edits. Additionally, currently there are no roles for admins so permission controls within the admin area are not possible.…”
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Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file
“Currently any additional data transformation is left to the developers to extend via event hooks or custom client side handling. I've worked with CRDT in the past (yjs), but it may not be very useful in PocketBase considering that the application was designed to run on a single…”
Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source