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## How it works
Supabase is a combination of open source tools. We’re building the features of Firebase using enterprise-grade, open source products. If the tools and communities exist, with an MIT, Apache 2, or equivalent open license, we will use and support that tool. If the tool doesn't exist, we build and open source it ourselves. Supabase is not a 1-to-1 mapping of Firebase. Our aim is to give developers a Firebase-like developer experience using open source tools.
**Current architecture**
Supabase is a [hosted platform](https://app.supabase.io). You can sign up and start using Supabase without installing anything.
You can also [self-host](https://supabase.io/docs/guides/self-hosting) and [develop locally](https://supabase.io/docs/guides/local-development).
- [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) is an object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.
- [Realtime](https://github.com/supabase/realtime) is an Elixir server that allows you to listen to PostgreSQL inserts, updates, and deletes using websockets. Supabase listens to Postgres' built-in replication functionality, converts the replication byte stream into JSON, then broadcasts the JSON over websockets.
- [PostgREST](http://postgrest.org/) is a web server that turns your PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API
- [Storage](https://github.com/supabase/storage-api) provides a RESTful interface for managing Files stored in S3, using Postgres to manage permissions.
- [postgres-meta](https://github.com/supabase/postgres-meta) is a RESTful API for managing your Postgres, allowing you to fetch tables, add roles, and run queries etc.
- [GoTrue](https://github.com/netlify/gotrue) is an SWT based API for managing users and issuing SWT tokens.
- [Kong](https://github.com/Kong/kong) is a cloud-native API gateway.
#### Client libraries
Our client library is modular. Each sub-library is a standalone implementation for a single external system. This is one of the ways we support existing tools.
- **`supabase-{lang}`**: Combines libraries and adds enrichments.
- `postgrest-{lang}`: Client library to work with [PostgREST](https://github.com/postgrest/postgrest)
- `realtime-{lang}`: Client library to work with [Realtime](https://github.com/supabase/realtime)
- `gotrue-{lang}`: Client library to work with [GoTrue](https://github.com/netlify/gotrue)
| Repo | Official | Community |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **`supabase-{lang}`** | [`JS`](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-js) | [`C#`](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-csharp) \| [`Dart`](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-dart) \| [`Python`](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-py) \| `Rust` \| [`Ruby`](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-rb) \| `Go` |
| `postgrest-{lang}` | [`JS`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-js) | [`C#`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-csharp) \| [`Dart`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-dart) \| [`Python`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-py) \| [`Rust`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-rs) \| [`Ruby`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-rb) \| [`Go`](https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-go) |
| `realtime-{lang}` | [`JS`](https://github.com/supabase/realtime-js) | [`C#`](https://github.com/supabase/realtime-csharp) \| [`Dart`](https://github.com/supabase/realtime-dart) \| [`Python`](https://github.com/supabase/realtime-py) \| `Rust` \| `Ruby` \| `Go` |
| `gotrue-{lang}` | [`JS`](https://github.com/supabase/gotrue-js) | [`C#`](https://github.com/supabase/gotrue-csharp) \| [`Dart`](https://github.com/supabase/gotrue-dart) \| [`Python`](https://github.com/supabase/gotrue-py) \| `Rust` \| `Ruby` \| `Go` |
## Translations
- [Arabic | العربية](/i18n/README.ar.md)
- [Albanian / Shqip](/i18n/README.sq.md)
- [Danish / Dansk](/i18n/README.da.md)
- [Dutch / Nederlands](/i18n/README.nl.md)
- [English](https://github.com/supabase/supabase)
- [French / Français](/i18n/README.fr.md)
- [German / Deutsch](/i18n/README.de.md)
- [Greek / Ελληνικά](/i18n/README.gr.md)
- [Hebrew / עברית](/i18n/README.he.md)
- [Hindi / हिंदी](/i18n/README.hi.md)
- [Hungarian / Magyar](/i18n/README.hu.md)
- [Nepali / नेपाली](/i18n/README.ne.md)
- [Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia](/i18n/README.id.md)
- [Italiano / Italian](/i18n/README.it.md)
- [Japanese / 日本語](/i18n/README.jp.md)
- [Korean / 한국어](/i18n/README.ko.md)
- [Norwegian (Bokmål) / Norsk (Bokmål)](/i18n/README.nb-no.md)
- [Persian / فارسی](/i18n/README.fa.md)
- [Polish / Polski](/i18n/README.pl.md)
- [Portuguese / Portuguese](/i18n/README.pt.md)
- [Portuguese (Brazilian) / Português Brasileiro](/i18n/README.pt-br.md)
- [Romanian / Română](/i18n/README.ro.md)
- [Russian / Pусский](/i18n/README.ru.md)
- [Sinhala / සිංහල](/i18n/README.si.md)
- [Spanish / Español](/i18n/README.es.md)
- [Simplified Chinese / 简体中文](/i18n/README.zh-cn.md)
- [Swedish / Svenska](/i18n/README.sv.md)
- [Thai / ไทย](/i18n/README.th.md)
- [Traditional Chinese / 繁体中文](/i18n/README.zh-tw.md)
- [Turkish / Türkçe](/i18n/README.tr.md)
- [Ukrainian / Українська](/i18n/README.uk.md)
- [Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt](/i18n/README.vi-vn.md)
- [List of translations](/i18n/languages.md)
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