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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Proposal: PocketBase add-on","articleBody":"### Proposal\n\nAdd a built-in **PocketBase** add-on for React (`--add-ons pocketbase`).\n\n[PocketBase](https://pocketbase.io) is an open source backend in a single binary: embedded SQLite, auth, realtime subscriptions, file storage and an admin UI. It's a popular choice for side projects and self-hosted apps, and right now the CLI has no self-hosted backend option in the `database` category (Neon, Convex and PowerSync are all hosted services).\n\n### Scope\n\nIt follows the same shape as the existing Convex / PowerSync add-ons:\n\n- `pocketbase` JS SDK dependency + `src/lib/pocketbase.ts` client reading `VITE_POCKETBASE_URL`\n- a `pb_migrations/` JS migration that creates a `todos` collection on `./pocketbase serve`\n- `pb_data/` added to `.gitignore`\n- a `/demo/pocketbase` realtime todo route using the standard `demo-*` styles\n- category `database`, exclusive with `database` / `orm`, React + Vite only\n\nThe user downloads the PocketBase binary themselves (same manual-backend model as the Strapi add-on).\n\nI have a working implementation ready and tested against a real PocketBase v0.40.6 server. Would you be open to this? Happy to adjust scope or naming.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/akanyane","@type":"Person","name":"akanyane"},"datePublished":"2026-11-01T16:02:47Z","url":"https://github.com/TanStack/cli/issues/527"}