Supabase: nine months of building.
Tags: postgres, javascript, opensource, sql
Published: 2020-12-01 04:01:44

Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative. We're building the features of Firebase using enterprise-grade open source tools.

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We've been building for 9 months now, are we're getting even closer to Beta. This is also available as a [blog post](https://supabase.io/blog/2020/12/01/supabase-alpha-november-2020) and a [video demo](https://youtu.be/unC_de7iytA).

### Add users

You can now add users manually from your dashboard.

![This image shows how to invite a new user directly from the dashboard.](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/100694951-1e9e4a80-33cb-11eb-9db6-7ae6ae6c252c.gif)


### User admin

You can also perform admin functions on existing users - send password reset emails, magic links, and delete users.

![This image shows how to delete a user directly from the dashboard](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/100694970-2a8a0c80-33cb-11eb-8fbf-cfa1d90dca06.gif)



### Even more powerful SQL Editor

Last month we [announced](http://localhost:3005/blog/2020/11/02/supabase-alpha-october-2020#more-powerful-sql-editor) an improved SQL Editor, and this month we've taken it even further. The SQL Editor is now a full Monaco editor, like you'd find in VS Code. Build your database directly from the browser.

![This image shows our improved SQL Editor](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/100695002-3b3a8280-33cb-11eb-962a-818f62f7b0ae.png)


### Status page

We added a [Status Page](https://status.supabase.io/) which tracks the uptime and latency of the Supabase platform.

![This image shows our new status page](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/100695019-468dae00-33cb-11eb-8967-1bf7381c418b.png)


### Kaizen

- We completed a security audit by DigitalXRAID.
- Email confirmations now enabled by default for signups.
- Updated [Benchmarking Suite](https://github.com/supabase/benchmarks/) to include more realistic workloads, on various different servers (results published soon).
- You can now set/edit/remove Foreign Keys via the table editor.

### Community

We had a crazy month during Hacktoberfest. In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights:

- We have an exciting Vercel x Stripe x Supabase [collaboration underway](https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/1331021818681978881).
- [@elrhomariyounes](https://github.com/elrhomariyounes) started helping [@acupofjose](https://github.com/acupofjose) with the [postgrest-csharp](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-csharp) extension
- [@duncanhealy](https://github.com/duncanhealy) is [updating the Redwood example](https://github.com/redwoodjs/redwood/pull/1474) to work with Supabase.js v1.0

If you want to keep up to date, make sure you [subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNTVzV1InxHV-YR0fSajqPQ) or [follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/supabase_io).


### Coming next

Look out for a big announcement on December 3rd. We'll also be presenting in the [Open Core Summit](https://2020.opencoresummit.com/) on the 16th of December.

### Get started

- Start using Supabase today: [app.supabase.io](https://app.supabase.io/)
- Make sure to [star us on GitHub](https://github.com/supabase/supabase)
- Follow us [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/supabase_io)
- Become a [sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/supabase)