Tinbase
OSS Supabase-compatible back end in TypeScript
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HN · launched Jul 30, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 49%) · 0 views
Niche: backend development platforms and services · 94 launches, 6 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Data infrastructure
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Re-implementing Supabase's ecosystem (PostgreSQL, Row-Level Security, Auth, Storage, and Realtime WebSocket replication) into a single-process TypeScript runtime running even in the browser is a monumental systems engineering feat.
What it would actually take: Building Tinbase requires embedding a full Postgres-compatible SQL engine (or compiling Postgres/PGLite to WebAssembly for browser support), implementing a custom Postgres wire protocol parser, and reimplementing Supabase's GoTrue auth and PostgREST API layer in TypeScript. Furthermore, it requires a custom real-time CDC (Change Data Capture) engine and transactional filesystem/S3-compatible storage abstraction. The engineering team must have deep expertise in database internals, WebAssembly runtimes, and PostgreSQL protocol specifications.
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Competitors
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Attention rank: #243 of 500 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 273 days after the earliest competitor.
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