Primora — Self-hosted backend platform

1 cmd

install — Docker Compose up

0 hosted tiers

data never leaves the box

MIT

open source license

100% audit

every mutation logged

// features

Everything a backend needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Inspired by the UX of Appwrite and Supabase — rebuilt as a single self-hosted stack you own outright.

Organizations & projects

Workspaces with scoped org and project roles. Invite members by link, assign owner/admin/developer.

rbac

Auth

Email/password via Better Auth, optional GitHub, Google, Discord and Microsoft OAuth. JWTs verified against JWKS.

better-auth + jwks

Object storage

S3-style buckets on your own filesystem, public or private. Upload, move, rename, inline preview.

local fs

Collections

Schema-flexible JSON documents stored in Postgres JSONB. Query, create and update without migrations.

postgres jsonb

Scoped API keys

prm_<prefix>_<secret> credentials, shown once at creation. Revocable, rate-limited per key.

prm_*

Audit log

Every mutating request recorded — actor, action, target. Filterable in the UI, exportable as CSV or JSON.

csv / json export

Automation

Scheduled jobs and live event streams. Webhooks and connectors push project events to external systems.

schedules + webhooks

Instance admin

Sign-up policy, mail transport, and rate limits managed in-app — no restart, secrets stored AES-256-GCM.

settings → instance

Demo mode

Fully client-side seeded workspace — append ?demo=true to the URL, no sign-up required.

?demo=true

// stack

Boring on purpose.

One Postgres, one API, one process boundary per concern. Everything ships in Docker Compose.

Browser ──▶ Nginx ──┬──▶ Frontend       SolidJS + Vite
                    ├──▶ Auth           Better Auth + Hono
                    └──▶ API            Go + Gin
                            │
                            ├──▶ PostgreSQL   primary datastore
                            ├──▶ DragonflyDB  cache + rate limits
                            └──▶ Local FS     object storage

// screenshots

The console, as shipped.

Real UI, no mockups. Every screen is dark-first, hairline-divided, and keyboard-driven.

Object storage buckets and files — **Storage**buckets / objects

JSON document collections — **Collections**jsonb documents

Telemetry and component health — **Telemetry**component health

Scheduled automation jobs — **Automation**schedules

Live automation events — **Live events**real-time stream

Audit log with export — **Audit log**csv / json export

// ecosystem

Beyond the browser.

The same API powers a CLI, an MCP server, a desktop shell, and an installable PWA.

CLI

primora manages orgs, projects, buckets, objects, keys, and audit from the terminal.

$ primora storage objects --bucket assets --limit 10

MCP server

Exposes primora_* tools to MCP clients — drive the platform from an agent.

primora_list_projects · primora_upload_object · …

Desktop

Tauri 2 shell that connects to your deployment, with tray presence and native notifications.

apps/desktop · tauri 2

PWA

The dashboard installs on mobile and desktop browsers — same console, native frame.

installable · offline-aware shell

Your backend, your hardware.