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Supabase: Rapid Postgres‑Backed Apps for Founders

Launch web, mobile, or AI products on a fully managed Postgres database with real‑time APIs and auth—ideal for startup teams. 111k+ GitHub stars.
111,299 stars+262★ this week16,337 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 4Updated 10/10/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Supabase provides a dedicated Postgres database for building web, mobile, and AI applications

When to use it
  • •Building a data-driven web application with a robust backend
  • •Developing a mobile app that requires a scalable database
  • •Creating an AI-powered application that needs a reliable data storage solution
Ready-to-paste prompt
npx supabase gen types --db-url https://your-supabase-url.supabase.co --db-key your-supabase-key
Heads up: Make sure to set the 'SUPABASE_URL' and 'SUPABASE_KEY' environment variables to authenticate with your Supabase instance
Saves to your device
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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/supabase && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/supabase/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/supabase/SKILL.md
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How Supabase: Rapid Postgres‑Backed Apps for Founders works
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Supabase: Rapid Postgres‑Backed Apps for Founders is a very large TypeScript project (~1.2M lines across 8127 code files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~1.2M lines · 8127 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js · Docker
Needs API keys (.env)
TypeScript 71%MDX 26%JavaScript 1%CSS 1%Shell 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  3. 3
    supabase/functions/og-images/index.ts
    Inside supabase/ — the main logic begins here
  4. 4
    examples/_internal/README.md
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
apps/Sub-packages / plugins13901 files
examples/Examples you can copy1479 files
packages/Sub-packages / plugins873 files
blocks/Folder117 files
e2e/Tests — proof it works108 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)62 files
docker/Deployment / infrastructure62 files
supabase/Core code — the actual logic57 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyExamples includedApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
supabase
Language
TypeScript
Category
design
Published
10/12/2019

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