Open-source Postgres backend with auth, storage and vector search built in
Supabase provides the backend services an application usually needs - a Postgres database, authentication, file storage, edge functions and realtime subscriptions - behind a consistent API and dashboard. The database is ordinary Postgres, so everything you know about SQL, extensions and migrations still applies, and the vector extension makes it usable as a store for embeddings alongside your application data. It is open source and self-hostable, which gives teams a credible path off the managed service without rewriting their application. That combination of standard Postgres and a managed developer experience is the core of its appeal.
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app backends, postgres hosting, authentication, vector search and rapid prototypes
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The database is standard Postgres, but the platform adds authentication, storage, functions, realtime and a dashboard around it, which removes a lot of glue code from a typical application.
Yes, the stack is open source and can run on your own infrastructure. Self-hosting shifts operational work back to your team, so weigh that against the managed pricing.
If clients talk to the database directly, yes. Policies decide which rows each user may read or write, and a missing or incorrect policy is one of the most common ways data leaks in this architecture.
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