InstantDB
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“It was really good, albeit a bit unpolished.”
“The triples stuff is cool.”
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“It sounds VERY close to just what I wish existed.”
“InstantDB is a joy to work with.”
“Would absolutely recommend this if it's good.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Under the hood, this is possible because the whole infra is mult-tenant from ground up.”
“Here's a 2-line prompt that gives Claude Design a backend”
“We use LWW on the attribute level which greatly reduces conflicts.”
“You can! Everything is open source and we have instructions on running the server with docker.”
“We’re 100% open source and have instructions for getting the server up and running via docker”
Threads where it came up
- Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps 15 mentions
- Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB 3 mentions
- Ok, but does it scale? 1 mention
- Show HN: Triplox, a distributed Datalog engine with incremental queries 1 mention
- InstantDB Is Shutting Down 1 mention
- Instant (Instantdb.com) Sunsetting 1 mention
Also written as Instant. Data: instantdb.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 12
“How does this compare to InstantDB [1] (which is sunsetting)?”
“Full solutions like InstantDB or ConvexDB offer the syncing part”
“It was really good, albeit a bit unpolished.”
“here's the PR: https://github.com/instantdb/instant/pull/2642”
“The triples stuff is cool.”
“PR in progress!”
“It sounds VERY close to just what I wish existed.”
“InstantDB is a joy to work with.”
“Would absolutely recommend this if it's good.”
“The skill lives here https://github.com/instantdb/skills”
“Instant is 100% open source!”
“Added the PR for it here:”