Show HN: Bknd – Firebase alternative that embeds into any React stack
Published on: 2025-05-19 09:34:17
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bknd simplifies app development by providing a fully functional backend for database management, authentication, media and workflows. Being lightweight and built on Web Standards, it can be deployed nearly anywhere, including running inside your framework of choice. No more deploying multiple separate services!
For documentation and examples, please visit https://docs.bknd.io.
Warning Please keep in mind that bknd is still under active development and therefore full backward compatibility is not guaranteed before reaching v1.0.0.
Size
The size on npm is misleading, as the bknd package includes the backend, the ui components as well as the whole backend bundled into the cli including static assets.
Depending on what you use, the size can be higher as additional dependencies are getting pulled in. The minimal size of a full bknd app as an API is around 212 kB gzipped (e.g. deployed as Cloudflare Worker).
Motivation
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