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What is Base ?

Overview

Base is the Firebase alternative that actually wants you to self-host. No tricks. No marketing gimmicks.

✅ Self Hostable ✅ Source Code ✅ Cloudflare-native

Empowering you to build scalable apps quickly, with full control, hosted at the edge.

What is a Backend ?

A Backend is a cloud computing concept that provides a collection of pre-built server functionalities and services.

A Backend:

  • Focuses on enabling infrastructure like Databases, Storage, etc, plus common application-layer essentials like Authentication, Billing, etc.
  • Enables app developers to focus primarily on their custom frontend development, without needing to manage server-side infrastructure.

What about Frontend ?

Client SDKs and UI Kits are typically provided to help streamline integration of client apps with a Backend.

Base plans to offer a collection of tuorials, components, and drop-in solutions, to help you build your Frontend solutions.