Alternatives to PocketBase

Ordered by how much they overlap with PocketBase, then by score.

Alternatives, ranked

  1. Supabase

    The open source Firebase alternative providing Postgres database, authentication, instant APIs and realtime subscriptions.

    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 11 days ago
    15 92.0 = Compare
  2. ClickHouse

    Column-oriented database for real-time analytical SQL queries over large datasets.

    • Released more recently
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 2 days ago
    51 89.2 = Compare
  3. Valkey

    In-memory key-value data store forked from Redis 7.2, supporting caching, queues and pub/sub.

    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 19 days ago
    88 87.0 = Compare
  4. DuckDB

    In-process analytical SQL database that reads Parquet, CSV and JSON files directly.

    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 60 days ago
    109 84.0 = Compare
  5. MariaDB Server

    Relational database forked from MySQL, with additional storage engines and Galera clustering.

    • Released more recently
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 5 days ago
    118 82.7 = Compare
  6. MySQL

    Relational database server with the InnoDB storage engine, replication and group replication.

    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 54 days ago
    132 80.5 = Compare