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pocketbase/pocketbase

Open Source realtime backend in 1 file

Stack

Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#authentication #backend #golang #realtime

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-06
History: 36 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

60,279

stars

Forks: 3,603
Commits: 2,436 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +204 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +5 +0.2%

Website GitHub

appwrite/appwrite

Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Astro Symfony Vite Composer npm

GitHub topics

#android #appwrite #backend #backend-as-a-service #docker #firebase

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-08
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1,086 open

56,645

stars

Forks: 5,569
Commits: 36,999 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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fastapi/full-stack-fastapi-template

Full stack, modern web application template. Using FastAPI, React, SQLModel, PostgreSQL, Docker, GitHub Actions, automatic HTTPS and more.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Bun npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#backend #chakra-ui #docker #fastapi #frontend #json

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-09
History: 34 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

44,447

stars

Forks: 8,838
Commits: 1,394 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +111 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +2 +0.1%

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Dokploy/dokploy

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Next.js React Tailwind CSS Go modules npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#backend #backups #databases #deployment #devops #docker

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-04-19
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 698 open

35,678

stars

Forks: 2,750
Commits: 6,320 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

valeriansaliou/sonic

🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#backend #database #graph #index #infrastructure #rust

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-18
History: 3 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 67 open

21,286

stars

Forks: 615
Commits: 1,057 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Sairyss/domain-driven-hexagon

Learn Domain-Driven Design, software architecture, design patterns, best practices. Code examples included

Stack

TypeScript NestJS npm

GitHub topics

#architectural-patterns #architecture #backend #best-practices #clean-architecture #clean-code

Updated: 2024-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-11-29
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

14,812

stars

Forks: 1,561
Commits: 506 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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heroiclabs/nakama

Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#backend #cpp #csharp #dotnet #game #game-backend

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-13
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 124 open

12,850

stars

Forks: 1,438
Commits: 1,823 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

encoredev/encore

The infrastructure platform for the intelligence era

Stack

Go Axum Cobra Gin gRPC Go Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#aws #backend #cloud #cloud-native #database #devops

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-07
History: 3 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 120 open

12,180

stars

Forks: 602
Commits: 2,206 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

get-convex/convex-backend

The open-source reactive database for app developers

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Actix Web Axum Next.js React Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#backend #convex #database #rust #typescript

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-07
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 190 open

12,174

stars

Forks: 774
Commits: 7,245 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

octobercms/october

Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

Stack

PHP Laravel Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#backend #cmf #cms #cms-platform #framework #laravel

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-26
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 19 open

11,145

stars

Forks: 2,208
Commits: 12,226 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nhost/nhost

The Open Source Firebase Alternative with GraphQL.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Astro Expo Express Gin Bun Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#authentication #backend #backend-as-a-service #database #firebase #flutter

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2021-02-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 143 open

9,252

stars

Forks: 601
Commits: 9,182 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

sparckles/Robyn

Robyn is a Super Fast Async Python Web Framework with a Rust runtime.

Stack

Python Actix Web Next.js pytest React Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#async #backend #hacktoberfest #http-server #python #python3

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-22
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 89 open

7,331

stars

Forks: 338
Commits: 833 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

buildship-ai/rowy

Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in your browser.

Stack

TypeScript React Vite Yarn

GitHub topics

#airtable #airtable-alternative #backend #cloud-functions #cloudfunctions #cms

Updated: 2024-11-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-05
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 77 open

6,825

stars

Forks: 553
Commits: 4,272 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

agentejo/cockpit

Add content management functionality to any site - plug & play / headless / api-first CMS

Stack

JavaScript Composer npm

GitHub topics

#api-rest #backend #cms #cms-framework #cockpit #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2024-04-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-15
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 296 open

5,397

stars

Forks: 507
Commits: 2,572 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hoodiehq/hoodie

:dog: The Offline First JavaScript Backend

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#backend #hoodie #javascript #offline-first

Updated: 2024-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-18
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 95 open

4,454

stars

Forks: 502
Commits: 1,425 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

apache/lucene

Apache Lucene open-source search software

Stack

Java Gradle PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#backend #information-retrieval #java #lucene #nosql #search

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-09-11
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2,613 open

3,504

stars

Forks: 1,385
Commits: 39,376 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

create-go-app/cli

✨ A complete and self-contained solution for developers of any qualification to create a production-ready project with backend (Go), frontend (JavaScript, TypeScript) and deploy automation (Ansible, Docker) by running only one CLI command.

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#ansible-playbook #backend #backend-template #boilerplate-application #boilerplate-template #cgapp

Updated: 2026-02-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-12-30
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 13 open

2,764

stars

Forks: 270
Commits: 658 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

blenderskool/blaze

⚡ File sharing progressive web app built using WebTorrent and WebSockets

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#backend #collaborate #file-transfer #frontend #hacktoberfest #node

Updated: 2024-10-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-07
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

2,474

stars

Forks: 299
Commits: 502 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apioo/fusio

Self-Hosted API Management for Builders

Stack

PHP Composer

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-agents #api #api-gateway #api-management #api-manager

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-24
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 170 open

2,107

stars

Forks: 240
Commits: 1,968 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

kuzzleio/kuzzle

Open-source Back-end, self-hostable & ready to use - Real-time, storage, advanced search - Web, Apps, Mobile, IoT -

Stack

JavaScript Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#api-server #backend #elasticsearch #hacktoberfest #iot #kuzzle

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-03
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

1,672

stars

Forks: 136
Commits: 8,253 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

apache/solr

Apache Solr open-source search software

AI dev

Stack

Java Gradle pip Yarn

GitHub topics

#backend #information-retrieval #java #lucene #nosql #search

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2001-09-11
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

1,638

stars

Forks: 844
Commits: 39,061 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sergix44/xbackbone

A lightweight file manager with full ShareX support and more

Stack

PHP Laravel Tailwind CSS Vite Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#backend #file-server #filemanager #ftp #gallery #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-28
History: 14 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 88 open

1,160

stars

Forks: 95
Commits: 1,090 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +1 +0.1%

Website GitHub

sergix44/XBackBone

A lightweight file manager with full ShareX support and more

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer npm

GitHub topics

#backend #file-server #filemanager #ftp #gallery #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-28
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 97 open

1,140

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 990 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

givanz/Vvveb

Powerful and easy to use cms to build websites, blogs or ecommerce stores.

Stack

HTML Composer

GitHub topics

#backend #blog #blog-engine #blog-platform #blogging #cms

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-29
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 157 open

1,091

stars

Forks: 199
Commits: 899 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ganatan/angular-node-java

Angular 22 Fullstack Starter (Node.js, Spring Boot)

Stack

HTML Angular Express Spring Boot Vite Maven npm

GitHub topics

#angular #angular20 #api-rest #backend #docker #express

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2018-11-26
History: 24 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 17 open

822

stars

Forks: 380
Commits: 1,194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

ganatan/angular-node-java-ai

Angular 20 Starter with Node.js, Spring Boot, and AI (LLM, Voice, Podcast).

Stack

HTML Angular Django Django REST Framework Express Maven npm pip

GitHub topics

#ai #angular #angular20 #api-rest #backend #docker

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-26
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

817

stars

Forks: 380
Commits: 1,172 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

dotenx/dotenx

No-code and Low-code all-in-one platform to build landing pages, websites, web applications, APIs, automations. An alternative for Wix, Webflow, Zapier, and more

Stack

TypeScript Cobra Gin gRPC Go React Go modules npm pip

GitHub topics

#application-launcher #automation #backend #form #golang #no-code

Updated: 2024-04-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-30
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 27 open

646

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 1,202 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Erudika/para

Multitenant backend server for building web and mobile apps rapidly. The backend for busy developers. (self-hosted or hosted)

AI dev

Stack

Java Spring Boot Maven

GitHub topics

#api #api-server #baas #back-end #backend #backend-api

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-15
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 5 open

574

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 2,112 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rodyherrera/Quantum

🚀 Hackable & Self-hosted Open-Source alternative to Vercel, Heroku, Netlify, etc. All your applications, just in one place. Develop and deploy with your favorite tools, and enjoy continuous deployment with GitHub.

Stack

JavaScript npm pip

GitHub topics

#automation #backend #cloud #cloudnative #continuos-delivery #continuous-deployment

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2023-12-24
History: 34 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

473

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 936 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.6%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

tlcheah2/stoic-quote-lambda-public-api

Stoicism Quote Public API

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#aws-apigateway #aws-lambda #backend #backend-api #expressjs #mongodb

Updated: 2024-01-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-25
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

116

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 7 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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