{
  "id": 13386403,
  "title": "Replacing Firebase with open source: Supabase vs Appwrite vs PocketBase, service by service",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/replacing-firebase-with-open-source-supabase-vs-appwrite-vs",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-10T10:34:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/sarmaasis/replacing-firebase-with-open-source-supabase-vs-appwrite-vs-pocketbase-service-by-service-56b2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Choosing a Firebase migration to an open-source alternative can feel like navigating a maze. Supabase, Appwrite, and PocketBase each present their own strengths and challenges, particularly in managing data, sign-in, files, realtime, and access rules. The only way to determine the best fit is to thoroughly test each option in a controlled environment.",
  "summary": "A Firebase migration is several migrations. How Supabase, Appwrite and PocketBase handle data, sign-in, files, realtime and access rules, plus a small rehearsal test. Replacing Firebase is not one decision. An app that uses Firestore, Authentication, Storage and Functions needs a new answer for each of them, and swapping the SDK will not migrate your application. Here is how the three most common…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}