bknd-io/bknd

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3751 stars · 146 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

bknd is a lightweight, batteries-included backend-as-a-service (Firebase/Supabase alternative) providing data management, authentication, media storage, and workflows with an admin dashboard, REST API, and TypeScript SDK. Built on Web Standards, it embeds into frontend frameworks (Next.js, Astro, React Router) or runs standalone across many runtimes including Node, Bun, Deno, Cloudflare Workers, and AWS Lambda.

Use cases

• replace firebase or supabase with a self-hosted backend
• embed a backend directly into my next.js or astro app
• quickly prototype an app with database, auth, and file uploads
• build a headless CMS as a wordpress alternative
• host an MCP server for AI agent state persistence
• build a multi-tenant SaaS backend with row-level security
• spin up a type-safe REST API without vendor lock-in

When to choose

• you want a lightweight all-in-one backend that deploys anywhere JavaScript runs
• you need to embed backend functionality inside an existing SSR framework app
• you want to avoid vendor lock-in and bring your own SQLite or Postgres database
• you're prototyping an MVP and need data, auth, media, and workflows out of the box

When to avoid

• you need a battle-tested backend for production, since bknd hasn't reached v1.0 and doesn't guarantee backward compatibility
• you require advanced Firebase-specific features like realtime sync or push notifications
• you need a managed service with SLAs rather than self-hosted infrastructure

Facets

framework · maturity experimental

auth database web-framework api-framework http-server file-upload workflow-automation mcp sdk self-hosted web-development backend apis self-hosted developer-tools cms bun cloud self-hosted cross-platform serverless firebase-alternative supabase-alternative baas backend-as-a-service embeddable web-standards sqlite postgres admin-dashboard rest-api edge-runtime nodejs deno docker web-server typescript

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