About Supabase
The open-source Firebase alternative — Postgres database, Auth, instant APIs, Edge Functions, Realtime, Storage, and Vector embeddings all in one platform.
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Questions & Answers
Yes, Supabase is fully open-source (MIT licensed) and can be self-hosted using Docker. The hosted platform on supabase.com is the easiest way to get started, but you retain full portability since it runs on standard PostgreSQL.
Yes. Supabase Realtime lets you subscribe to database changes via websockets. Any insert, update, or delete on your Postgres tables can be streamed to connected clients in real time without any additional setup.
Yes. Supabase supports pgvector, which lets you store and query vector embeddings directly in your Postgres database. This makes it ideal for building RAG pipelines, semantic search, and other AI-powered features.
