bknd runs directly inside your frontend app — no separate backend required. It works with Next.js, Remix, Astro, React Router. It also runs standalone on Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, Bun, or Node.
It supports Postgres, LibSQL (Turso), D1, SQLite and has adapter-based storage. You get instant APIs, multi-strategy auth, media handling and a built-in Admin UI.
Curious what you’d build with it, feedback welcome!
(I haven't used a system like that. I'm intrigued by the idea of a backend that's just a database but it weirds me out not to have to write a layer that says who can read what. Exposing the database that nakedly feels super dangerous.)
On the Authorization side, you can create roles and attach permissions to it. Those roles then get attached to users.
Claims are transported via JWT, you can configure its lifetime, secret and hashing. Currently it's stateless, meaning the token is not checked in a session store. But if there is demand, I'd prioritize adding this. I'm mainly exactly looking for feedback to prioritize next additions.
Hope this helps.