PocketBase is an open source backend consisting of embedded database (SQLite) with realtime subscriptions, built-in auth management, convenient dashboard UI and simple REST-ish API. It can be used both as Go framework and as standalone application.

The easiest way to get started is to download the prebuilt minimal PocketBase executable:

See the GitHub Releases page for other platforms and more details.

Once you've extracted the archive, you could start the application by running ./pocketbase serve in the extracted directory.

And that's it! The first time it will generate an installer link that should be automatically opened in the browser to setup your first superuser account (you can also create the first superuser manually via ./pocketbase superuser create EMAIL PASS) .

The started web server has the following default routes:

The prebuilt PocketBase executable will create and manage 2 new directories alongside the executable:

• pb_data - stores your application data, uploaded files, etc. (usually should be added in .gitignore).
• pb_migrations - contains JS migration files with your collection changes (can be safely committed in your repository).
  
  You can even write custom migration scripts. For more info check the JS migrations docs.

You could find all available commands and their options by running ./pocketbase --help or ./pocketbase [command] --help