Show HN: Vaultbase – a self-hosted back end in a single binary
One binary to run and you have a full backend at your fingertips: a database with a REST API, sign-in, realtime, files, server-side hooks and jobs, on SQLite or Postgres. It's MIT licensed. You can try the demo at https://demo.vaultbase.sh (the login is filled in, and it resets every hour). I built it to ship fast. I always tend to write the same logic for any new project, whether it's a side project or a small to medium project for a client. I wanted something my friends and I could work with f
Read original source
Source record
Recorded metrics
points · 1 votes
2026-11-11 01:30:14.671Z
cumulative since publication
Research analysis
Project record
Repository: vaultbase-sh/vaultbase. Source account: One binary to run and you have a full backend at your fingertips: a database with a REST API, sign-in, realtime, files, server-side hooks and jobs, on SQLite or Postgres. It's MIT licensed. You can try the demo at https://demo.vaultbase.sh (the login is filled in, and it resets every hour). I built it to ship fast. I always tend to write the same logic for any new project, whether it's a side project or a small to medium project for a client. I wanted something my friends and I could work with f
Observed adoption & comparisons
Source votes: 1 votes (Nov 11, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication) Recent records to compare: “Show HN: A Git friendly open API client” (Show HN, Nov 10, 2026); “Show HN: Movement breaks that only show up while Claude Code is working” (Show HN, Nov 10, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
Adoption decision
Evaluate it against the tool or manual workflow it would replace. The stored record supports discovery; it does not yet establish reliability, lower operating cost or commercial adoption.
Unverified requirements
Not verified: license permissions, required hardware, installation steps, maintenance status and a representative task with its failure cases.
Next test
Choose one real task and a current alternative. Record the commit, environment, input, output, elapsed time and failure behavior; retain the result before recommending adoption.