What is Supabase?
The short answer
Supabase is a hosted back-end built on Postgres that provides a database, authentication, file storage and APIs, often used as a quick back-end for web apps.
Supabase, explained
Row-level security policies decide who can read or write each row; getting them right is what keeps data private.
Questions people ask about Supabase
What is Supabase?
Supabase is a hosted back-end built on Postgres that provides a database, authentication, file storage and APIs, often used as a quick back-end for web apps.
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