Why Bakend Exists

Bakend did not start as an open-source project.

For years, I maintained a small private backend framework that I used for my own applications, MVPs, prototypes, and internal projects.

Like many developers, I found myself repeatedly solving the same problems:

• Database setup
• Authentication
• File storage
• Background jobs
• Small server-side functions
• Realtime updates

Existing solutions were often either too limited or too complex.

Sometimes I wanted the simplicity of a local SQLite database.

Sometimes I wanted the convenience of cloud functions.

Sometimes I wanted scheduled jobs.

Most of the time, I simply wanted to build a product instead of spending days configuring infrastructure.

Over the years, that private framework evolved through real-world use across multiple projects.

Eventually I realized that the ideas behind it could be useful to other developers as well.

Instead of releasing the original codebase (which is a perfect example of spaghetti-code), I decided to start over.

Bakend is a complete rewrite based on the lessons learned from that private framework.

It is not a direct copy of the original project.

It is an opportunity to redesign the architecture, simplify the developer experience, and build something that can grow as an open-source community project.

The goal remains the same as it was on day one:

Spend less time configuring infrastructure and more time shipping software.

Bakend is the backend platform I always wanted to have when starting a new project.