# TrailBase

Single-executable backend-as-a-service written in Rust, with REST and realtime APIs, built-in auth and an admin dashboard.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://trailbase.io
- repository: https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase
- docs: https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install
- discord: https://discord.gg/X8cWs7YC22

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: trailbaseio
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2024
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: binary download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: OSL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-30

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5741
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 31
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://trailbase.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://trailbase.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://trailbase.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://trailbase.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://trailbase.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/trailbaseio/trailbase/contributors (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

TrailBase is a backend-as-a-service shipped as one executable written in Rust. It serves REST and realtime APIs over SQLite, with experimental Postgres support, and includes sign-in through OAuth providers and a built-in admin dashboard. The project publishes a binary download, an install script and a Docker image, and the repository can also be built from source. Its own pages describe it as a Firebase alternative and compare it with PocketBase and Supabase.

## Worth knowing

The README gives the project an alpha status badge, and Postgres support is marked experimental. The server keeps running to answer requests, so it needs a host that runs processes and not only static files. Its repository is under the Open Software License 3.0, while the client libraries are published under Apache-2.0.

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