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PocketBase
An entire backend in one Go binary with an embedded SQLite database.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep it — Anthropic has not replaced it
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the dev tools job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Generated apps default to hosted backends instead. Anthropic, January 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Supabase and Appwrite.
- What the call is worth nothing to cancel
- No paid entry tier tracked, so there is no subscription to cancel.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- January 1, 2025
- List price
- free
- Per year
- —
The backstory
PocketBase is a single file you drop on a $5 VPS that gives you auth, a database, file storage and an admin UI. In a world of generated apps with sprawling dependency trees, a backend that is one binary and no bill is an aesthetic argument as much as a technical one.
Escape hatches
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Supabase Managed, more features.
supabase.com open_in_new A 
Appwrite Self-hostable with more services.
appwrite.io open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.
