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5 Best Open Source Fauna Alternatives

A curated collection of the 5 best open source and self-hosted alternatives to Fauna in 2026.

Looking for a free, privacy-friendly, or self-hosted replacement for Fauna in 2026? The top open-source alternative is Supabase — Provides a full backend stack built on Postgres: authentication, auto-generated APIs, edge functions, realtime subscriptions, file storage, and vector search..

Other highly rated open-source Fauna alternatives include TiDB, Convex and Instant.

108,474

Provides a full backend stack built on Postgres: authentication, auto-generated APIs, edge functions, realtime subscriptions, file storage, and vector search.

Supabase preview

Provides a full backend stack built on Postgres: authentication, auto-generated APIs, edge functions, realtime subscriptions, file storage, and vector search.

40,475

Distributed SQL database combining OLTP and OLAP capabilities, offering horizontal scalability, high availability, and real-time analytics.

TiDB preview

Distributed SQL database combining OLTP and OLAP capabilities, offering horizontal scalability, high availability, and real-time analytics.

12,435

Open-source reactive database that keeps your web and mobile apps in sync. Write everything in TypeScript with built-in auth, cron jobs, and AI integration.

Convex preview

Open-source reactive database that keeps your web and mobile apps in sync. Write everything in TypeScript with built-in auth, cron jobs, and AI integration.

10,493

Instant is a database solution for building real-time and offline-enabled applications, simplifying the development of collaborative products.

Instant preview

Instant is a database solution for building real-time and offline-enabled applications, simplifying the development of collaborative products.

10,256

Scalable, high-availability database system supporting OLTP, OLAP, and hybrid transactional/analytical processing workloads.

OceanBase preview

Scalable, high-availability database system supporting OLTP, OLAP, and hybrid transactional/analytical processing workloads.

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The truly serverless database that combines the power of a relational database with the flexibility of JSON documents.