Backend & Database Tools

Battle-tested open-source relational database with rich types, full-text search, JSON support, and an extension ecosystem (pgvector, PostGIS, partman).

The original opinionated full-stack framework: Active Record ORM, conventions, generators, and Hotwire for HTML-over-the-wire interactivity.

Single-file embedded SQL database. Production-grade for surprisingly large workloads; the Rails 8 default and the canonical indie-hacker DB.

PostgreSQL backend with auth, real-time, edge functions, and auto-generated APIs. Supabase provides the storage, APIs, and runtime that web and mobile apps rely on, removing significant amounts of glue code.

Edge-native SQLite database with built-in vector search. Turso provides the storage, APIs, and runtime that web and mobile apps rely on, removing significant amounts of glue code.

Serverless Redis and Kafka with HTTP API for edge use. Upstash provides the storage, APIs, and runtime that web and mobile apps rely on, removing significant amounts of glue code.

Serverless Postgres with built-in search and a generous free tier. Xata provides the storage, APIs, and runtime that web and mobile apps rely on, removing significant amounts of glue code.