# Convex

Open-source reactive database and backend for web apps, with server functions written in TypeScript and a cloud platform run by the maker.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/convex/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.convex.dev
- repository: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend
- docs: https://docs.convex.dev/
- pricing: https://www.convex.dev/plans
- x: https://x.com/convex
- discord: https://discord.gg/convex
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@convex-dev

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Convex, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2024
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend, database
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlite, postgres, mysql
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 12773
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 2480802
- contributors: 40
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.convex.dev/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docs.convex.dev/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://www.convex.dev/plans (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/blob/main/self-hosted/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/blob/main/self-hosted/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/releases/tag/precompiled-2026-10-22-1447815 (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/convex/convex-backend/releases/tag/precompiled-2024-03-22-8a9f015 (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/convex/convex-backend (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/convex/convex-backend/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/convex (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Convex is a backend for web apps that combines a database with server functions and client libraries. The open-source backend is written in Rust and runs all database and compute functions. Self-hosting uses a Docker image or a prebuilt binary, and the self-hosted build includes the dashboard and the CLI.

By default the backend keeps all state in a local SQLite database. The self-hosting guide also covers running the database on Postgres or MySQL.

## Worth knowing

The license is the Functional Source License. It permits any purpose other than a Competing Use, which means offering the software in a commercial product or service that substitutes for Convex or offers substantially similar functionality. The license converts to Apache 2.0 after the FSL period.

Self-hosted builds include an anonymous beacon, which can be turned off with a flag on the backend binary.

The vendor also runs a cloud platform, the Convex cloud platform.

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