Bakend Technical Stack

Philosophy

Bakend is designed around one principle:

One executable. One database. One admin panel. One deployment.

The goal is to provide PocketBase simplicity while adding first-class Functions and Jobs.

Core Runtime

Bun

Responsibilities:

  • HTTP Server
  • WebSocket Server
  • Function Runtime
  • Job Scheduler
  • CLI Runtime
  • Packaging into executable

Reasons:

  • Native TypeScript support
  • Fast startup
  • Excellent developer experience
  • Single executable compilation
  • Modern tooling

Programming Language

TypeScript

Used for:

  • Core platform
  • Functions
  • Jobs
  • SDK generation
  • Internal APIs

Example:

export default async ({ db, auth }) => {
    console.log("Hello Bakend");
}

Database

SQLite

Storage engine for Version 1.

Responsibilities:

  • Collections
  • Authentication
  • Sessions
  • Metadata
  • Internal configuration

Reasons:

  • Zero configuration
  • Embedded
  • Fast
  • Backup friendly

Future:

  • PostgreSQL support (optional)
  • Read replicas

API Layer

REST API

Automatically generated APIs for collections.

Features:

  • CRUD
  • Authentication
  • Pagination
  • Filtering
  • Sorting

Realtime

WebSocket-based subscriptions.

Features:

  • Collection subscriptions
  • User subscriptions
  • System events

Authentication

Version 1:

  • Email/password
  • Sessions
  • JWT

Future:

  • Google
  • Apple
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft

Storage

Local filesystem storage.

Features:

  • Uploads
  • Downloads
  • Public files
  • Protected files

Future:

  • S3
  • Cloudflare R2
  • Backblaze B2

Functions Engine

Functions are TypeScript files.

Triggers:

  • onCreate
  • onUpdate
  • onDelete
  • onLogin
  • onRegister

Development:

  • Hot reload
  • Automatic discovery

Jobs Engine

Cron-based scheduler.

Features:

  • Scheduled jobs
  • Background jobs
  • Retry support
  • Logging

Future:

  • Queues
  • Delayed jobs
  • Distributed workers

Admin Dashboard

SvelteKit

Features:

  • Collection management
  • User management
  • Storage browser
  • Function management
  • Job management
  • Logs

SDKs

Version 1:

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Dart / Flutter

Future:

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Python

Deployment

Supported:

  • VPS
  • Docker
  • Cloud VM
  • Self-hosted

Examples:

  • Hetzner
  • DigitalOcean
  • Linode
  • Vultr
  • AWS EC2

CLI

Executable:

bak

Examples:

bak init
bak start
bak dev
bak functions
bak jobs
bak migrate

Future Features

Not planned for V1:

  • Kubernetes
  • Redis dependency
  • Microservices
  • Workflow builders
  • Enterprise-only features

Focus remains:

Simplicity first.