# APIs and backends

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/categories/backend/
Facet: Categories — every value: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/categories/

43 projects are apis and backends, listed alphabetically. Written in 8 languages, most of them open source.

This category covers software that gives an application its server side without writing it from scratch. Backend platforms bundle a database, user [authentication](/categories/auth/), file storage and an API generated from the data model. API and GraphQL servers, API gateways and realtime services handle one part of that: exposing data, routing and securing calls, or pushing updates to connected clients. A record carries it when serving as an application's back end or API layer is the stated purpose. Frameworks for writing a back end by hand are [web frameworks](/categories/framework/). Supabase and PocketBase are examples.

## Software (43)

- [Activepieces](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/activepieces/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/activepieces.md
- [Apache APISIX](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apisix/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apisix.md
- [Apache ShenYu](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/shenyu/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/shenyu.md
- [Apollo Server](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apollo-server/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apollo-server.md
- [Appwrite](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/appwrite/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/appwrite.md
- [Automerge](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/automerge/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/automerge.md
- [Bull Board](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/bull-board/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/bull-board.md
- [Connect for ECMAScript](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/connect-es/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/connect-es.md
- [Contember](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/contember/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/contember.md
- [Convex](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/convex/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/convex.md
- [Express](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/express/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/express.md
- [ExpressoTS](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/expressots/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/expressots.md
- [GraphQL Mesh](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-mesh/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-mesh.md
- [GraphQL Tools](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-tools/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-tools.md
- [GraphQL Yoga](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-yoga/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-yoga.md
- [graphql-ws](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-ws/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-ws.md
- [GraphQL.js](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-js/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/graphql-js.md
- [Hasura GraphQL Engine](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hasura/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hasura.md
- [Hocuspocus](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hocuspocus/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hocuspocus.md
- [Huginn](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/huginn/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/huginn.md
- [Inngest](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/inngest/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/inngest.md
- [Instant](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/instantdb/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/instantdb.md
- [Kestra](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kestra/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kestra.md
- [Kong Gateway](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kong/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kong.md
- [Kratos](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kratos/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kratos.md
- [Kuzzle](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kuzzle/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/kuzzle.md
- [Litekart](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/litekart/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/litekart.md
- [n8n](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/n8n/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/n8n.md
- [NATS](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nats/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nats.md
- [NestJS](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nestjs/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nestjs.md
- [Nitro](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nitro/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nitro.md
- [Node-RED](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/node-red/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/node-red.md
- [ntfy](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ntfy/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ntfy.md
- [Parse Server](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/parse-server/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/parse-server.md
- [PocketBase](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/pocketbase/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/pocketbase.md
- [PostgREST](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/postgrest/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/postgrest.md
- [Prefect](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/prefect/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/prefect.md
- [Socket.IO](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/socket-io/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/socket-io.md
- [Sockudo](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/sockudo/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/sockudo.md
- [Svix](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/svix/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/svix.md
- [Temporal](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/temporal/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/temporal.md
- [Trigger.dev](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/trigger-dev/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/trigger-dev.md
- [Zero](https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/zero-sync/) — https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/zero-sync.md

## Questions

### What is the best APIs and backend?

We don't know. A portfolio, a shop and a documentation site need different things from their software, and so does a team of one against an agency. Nobody pays to be listed here and the order is alphabetical.

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