README
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PocketBase is an open source Go backend, consisting of:
- embedded database (SQLite) with realtime subscriptions
- built-in files and users management
- convenient Admin dashboard UI
- and simple REST-ish API
For documentation and examples, please visit https://pocketbase.io/docs.
[!WARNING] Please keep in mind that PocketBase is still under active development and therefore full backward compatibility is not guaranteed before reaching v1.0.0.
API SDK clients
The easiest way to interact with the API is to use one of the official SDK clients:
- JavaScript - pocketbase/js-sdk (browser and node)
- Dart - pocketbase/dart-sdk (web, mobile, desktop)
Overview
PocketBase could be downloaded directly as a standalone app or it could be used as a Go framework/toolkit which allows you to build your own custom app specific business logic and still have a single portable executable at the end.
Installation
# go 1.21+
go get github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase
Example
package main
import (
"log"
"net/http"
"github.com/labstack/echo/v5"
"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase"
"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/apis"
"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
)
func main() {
app := pocketbase.New()
app.OnBeforeServe().Add(func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
// add new "GET /hello" route to the app router (echo)
e.Router.AddRoute(echo.Route{
Method: http.MethodGet,
Path: "/hello",
Handler: func(c echo.Context) error {
return c.String(200, "Hello world!")
},
Middlewares: []echo.MiddlewareFunc{
apis.ActivityLogger(app),
},
})
return nil
})
if err := app.Start(); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
Running and building
Running/building the application is the same as for any other Go program, aka. just go run and go build.
PocketBase embeds SQLite, but doesn't require CGO.
If CGO is enabled (aka. CGO_ENABLED=1), it will use mattn/go-sqlite3 driver, otherwise - modernc.org/sqlite.
Enable CGO only if you really need to squeeze the read/write query performance at the expense of complicating cross compilation.
To build the minimal standalone executable, like the prebuilt ones in the releases page, you can simply run go build inside the examples/base directory:
- Install Go 1.21+ (if you haven't already)
- Clone/download the repo
- Navigate to
examples/base - Run
GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build(https://go.dev/doc/install/source#environment) - Start the created executable by running
./base serve.
The supported build targets by the non-cgo driver at the moment are:
darwin amd64
darwin arm64
freebsd amd64
freebsd arm64
linux 386
linux amd64
linux arm
linux arm64
linux ppc64le
linux riscv64
linux s390x
windows amd64
windows arm64
Testing
PocketBase comes with mixed bag of unit and integration tests.
To run them, use the default go test command:
go test ./...
Check also the Testing guide to learn how to write your own custom application tests.
Security
If you discover a security vulnerability within PocketBase, please send an e-mail to support at pocketbase.io.
All reports will be promptly addressed, and you'll be credited accordingly.
Contributing
PocketBase is free and open source project licensed under the MIT License. You are free to do whatever you want with it, even offering it as a paid service.
You could help continuing its development by:
PRs for new OAuth2 providers, bug fixes, code optimizations and documentation improvements are more than welcome.
But please refrain creating PRs for new features without previously discussing the implementation details. PocketBase has a roadmap and I try to work on issues in specific order and such PRs often come in out of nowhere and skew all initial planning with tedious back-and-forth communication.
Don't get upset if I close your PR, even if it is well executed and tested. This doesn't mean that it will never be merged. Later we can always refer to it and/or take pieces of your implementation when the time comes to work on the issue (don't worry you'll be credited in the release notes).
[!NOTE] PocketBase was initially created to serve as a new backend for my other open source project - Presentator (see #183), so all feature requests will be first aligned with what we need for Presentator v3.
Documentation
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Index ¶
Constants ¶
This section is empty.
Variables ¶
var Version = "(untracked)"
Version of PocketBase
Functions ¶
This section is empty.
Types ¶
type Config ¶
type Config struct {
// optional default values for the console flags
DefaultDev bool
DefaultDataDir string // if not set, it will fallback to "./pb_data"
DefaultEncryptionEnv string
// hide the default console server info on app startup
HideStartBanner bool
// optional DB configurations
DataMaxOpenConns int // default to core.DefaultDataMaxOpenConns
DataMaxIdleConns int // default to core.DefaultDataMaxIdleConns
LogsMaxOpenConns int // default to core.DefaultLogsMaxOpenConns
LogsMaxIdleConns int // default to core.DefaultLogsMaxIdleConns
}
Config is the PocketBase initialization config struct.
type PocketBase ¶
type PocketBase struct {
// RootCmd is the main console command
RootCmd *cobra.Command
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
PocketBase defines a PocketBase app launcher.
It implements core.App via embedding and all of the app interface methods could be accessed directly through the instance (eg. PocketBase.DataDir()).
func New ¶
func New() *PocketBase
New creates a new PocketBase instance with the default configuration. Use [NewWithConfig()] if you want to provide a custom configuration.
Note that the application will not be initialized/bootstrapped yet, aka. DB connections, migrations, app settings, etc. will not be accessible. Everything will be initialized when [Start()] is executed. If you want to initialize the application before calling [Start()], then you'll have to manually call [Bootstrap()].
func NewWithConfig ¶
func NewWithConfig(config Config) *PocketBase
NewWithConfig creates a new PocketBase instance with the provided config.
Note that the application will not be initialized/bootstrapped yet, aka. DB connections, migrations, app settings, etc. will not be accessible. Everything will be initialized when [Start()] is executed. If you want to initialize the application before calling [Start()], then you'll have to manually call [Bootstrap()].
func (*PocketBase) Execute ¶
func (pb *PocketBase) Execute() error
Execute initializes the application (if not already) and executes the pb.RootCmd with graceful shutdown support.
This method differs from pb.Start() by not registering the default system commands!
func (*PocketBase) Start ¶
func (pb *PocketBase) Start() error
Start starts the application, aka. registers the default system commands (serve, migrate, version) and executes pb.RootCmd.
Source Files
Directories
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Package apis implements the default PocketBase api services and middlewares.
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Package apis implements the default PocketBase api services and middlewares. |
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Package core is the backbone of PocketBase.
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Package core is the backbone of PocketBase. |
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Package daos handles common PocketBase DB model manipulations.
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Package daos handles common PocketBase DB model manipulations. |
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examples
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Package models implements various services used for request data validation and applying changes to existing DB models through the app Dao.
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Package models implements various services used for request data validation and applying changes to existing DB models through the app Dao. |
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validators
Package validators implements custom shared PocketBase validators.
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Package validators implements custom shared PocketBase validators. |
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Package mails implements various helper methods for sending user and admin emails like forgotten password, verification, etc.
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Package mails implements various helper methods for sending user and admin emails like forgotten password, verification, etc. |
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Package migrations contains the system PocketBase DB migrations.
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Package migrations contains the system PocketBase DB migrations. |
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Package models implements all PocketBase DB models and DTOs.
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Package models implements all PocketBase DB models and DTOs. |
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schema
Package schema implements custom Schema and SchemaField datatypes for handling the Collection schema definitions.
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Package schema implements custom Schema and SchemaField datatypes for handling the Collection schema definitions. |
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plugins
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ghupdate
Package ghupdate implements a new command to selfupdate the current PocketBase executable with the latest GitHub release.
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Package ghupdate implements a new command to selfupdate the current PocketBase executable with the latest GitHub release. |
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jsvm
Package jsvm implements pluggable utilities for binding a JS goja runtime to the PocketBase instance (loading migrations, attaching to app hooks, etc.).
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Package jsvm implements pluggable utilities for binding a JS goja runtime to the PocketBase instance (loading migrations, attaching to app hooks, etc.). |
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migratecmd
Package migratecmd adds a new "migrate" command support to a PocketBase instance.
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Package migratecmd adds a new "migrate" command support to a PocketBase instance. |
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Package resolvers contains custom search.FieldResolver implementations.
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Package resolvers contains custom search.FieldResolver implementations. |
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Package tests provides common helpers and mocks used in PocketBase application tests.
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Package tests provides common helpers and mocks used in PocketBase application tests. |
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Package tokens implements various user and admin tokens generation methods.
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Package tokens implements various user and admin tokens generation methods. |
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tools
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cron
Package cron implements a crontab-like service to execute and schedule repeative tasks/jobs.
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Package cron implements a crontab-like service to execute and schedule repeative tasks/jobs. |
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template
Package template is a thin wrapper around the standard html/template and text/template packages that implements a convenient registry to load and cache templates on the fly concurrently.
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Package template is a thin wrapper around the standard html/template and text/template packages that implements a convenient registry to load and cache templates on the fly concurrently. |
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tokenizer
Package tokenizer implements a rudimentary tokens parser of buffered io.Reader while respecting quotes and parenthesis boundaries.
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Package tokenizer implements a rudimentary tokens parser of buffered io.Reader while respecting quotes and parenthesis boundaries. |
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types
Package types implements some commonly used db serializable types like datetime, json, etc.
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Package types implements some commonly used db serializable types like datetime, json, etc. |
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Package ui handles the PocketBase Admin frontend embedding.
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Package ui handles the PocketBase Admin frontend embedding. |