Indie databases, ORMs, and data storage tools for your app.
Building databases from scratch takes roughly 1-2 weeks and ~60,000 tokens of AI-assisted development. Or use one of these developer tools and ship today.
| Tool | Price | Upvotes | Replaces |
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Mongoose
Elegant MongoDB object modeling for Node.js
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Free | 0 | |
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Supabase
The open-source Firebase alternative
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Free | 0 | Firebase |
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Redis
In-memory data store for caching, queues, and real-time apps.
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Free | 1 | Memcached,Amazon ElastiCache |
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NocoDB
Open-source Airtable alternative. Turn any database into a spreadsheet.
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Free | 0 | Airtable,Google Sheets |
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PocketBase
Open-source backend in a single file — SQLite, auth, and realtime
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Free | 0 | Firebase, Supabase, Parse, Appwrite |
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Appwrite
Open-source backend platform — auth, DB, storage & more
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£15.00/mo | 0 | Firebase, Supabase, AWS Amplify |
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Prisma
Next-gen Node.js and TypeScript ORM with auto-generated types.
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Free | 1 | Sequelize,TypeORM |
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Typeorm
TypeScript & JavaScript ORM for Node.js — supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, SQL Server, O
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Free | 0 | |
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Drizzle ORM
Lightweight TypeScript ORM with SQL-like query builder.
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Free | 0 | Prisma,Knex |
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Dragonfly
Modern Redis replacement. 25x faster, multi-threaded.
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Free | 0 | Redis,Memcached |
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