# PocketBase

Open-source Go backend shipped as a single executable, with an embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, authentication and a dashboard.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/pocketbase/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pocketbase.io
- repository: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase
- docs: https://pocketbase.io/docs/
- forum: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Gani Georgiev
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend, headless-cms, database
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: prebuilt-executable-download, go-framework

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 61488
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://pocketbase.io/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://pocketbase.io/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase (read 2026-10-19)
- contentStore: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- databases: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- adminUi: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- headlessApi: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://pocketbase.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/pocketbase/pocketbase (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://pocketbase.io/docs/going-to-production/ (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

PocketBase is a backend that ships as a single Go executable with an embedded SQLite database. It provides realtime subscriptions, authentication, file storage, backups and a built-in dashboard, and clients reach the data through a REST-style API. Gani Georgiev maintains the project. PocketBase can run as a standalone application or be used as a Go framework, and the docs list JavaScript and Dart SDKs for client code.

## Worth knowing

The [going-to-production guide](https://pocketbase.io/docs/going-to-production/) states that the project has no official Docker image.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0