Tech News
← Back to articles

Poor Man's Back End-as-a-Service (BaaS), Similar to Firebase/Supabase/Pocketbase

read original related products more articles

Pennybase

Poor man's Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS), similar to Firebase/Supabase/Pocketbase

It implements core backend features in less than 1000 lines of Go code, using only standard library and no external dependencies:

File-based storage using CSV with versioned records

using CSV with versioned records REST API with JSON responses

with JSON responses Authentication with session cookies and Basic Auth

with session cookies and Basic Auth RBAC & ownership-based permissions

Real-time updates via SSE

via SSE Schema validation for numbers/text/lists

for numbers/text/lists Template rendering with Go templates

... continue reading