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Show HN: Bknd – Firebase alternative that embeds into any React stack

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50 points dswbx | 1 comments | 25 Mar 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

I built bknd because I was tired of stitching together auth, file storage, and database APIs every time I started a new project. Existing solutions were either too hard to extend, too basic, or required a separate deployment.

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!

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aptj ◴[30 Mar 25 06:28 UTC] No.43521843[source]▶
Can it be used without React? Why make it React-dependent/focused? How's it better than going with synch engines, like eg. Zero? Didn't look at code, sorry, on the go now.
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1. dswbx ◴[30 Mar 25 16:28 UTC] No.43525361[source]▶
Yes it can, a lot of people just choose a React fullstack framework, and it integrates specifically well inside those – so it's just a focus. But it can also be deployed using Docker, Bun, Node or Cloudflare Workers. There's an integrated SDK for TypeScript, but since it's all just REST APIs, it'll work with any stack.

Not familiar with Zero, but it looks interesting, will check it out.