trailbaseio/trailbase

An open, sub-millisecond, single-executable Firebase alternative with type-safe APIs, built-in WebAssembly runtime, realtime subscriptions, auth, MCP and admin UI built on Rust, SQLite (PG) & Wasmtime.

314 best points · 120 comments · 5 Hacker News posts · 5,739 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

Hacker News discussions

• Trailbase: Fast, single-file, open-source app server built using Rust and SQLite (314 points, 99 comments, by thunderbong, 2024-12-06)
• Fast, Simple and Open Firebase Alternative: TrailBase (70 points, 21 comments, by trailbase-alt, 2025-05-25)
• Simple, fast Rust+SQLite app server now with V8 runtime (ES6/TS) (3 points, 0 comments, by trailbase, 2024-11-14)
• Fast, Simple and Open Firebase Alternative: TrailBase (2 points, 0 comments, by trailbase-alt, 2025-05-20)
• TrailBase: Lightweight API-Server with Auth, Admin UI, and V8 JavaScript Engine (1 points, 0 comments, by trailbase, 2024-11-25)