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We have basic example demonstrating how you can use Instant to make games [1] and a live iOS app built with Instant and React Native [2]

[1] https://www.instantdb.com/examples?#8-merge-tile-game

[2] https://github.com/jsventures/stroopwafel


This is on our radar and made an issue for tracking and visibility [1]

[1] https://github.com/instantdb/instant/issues/19


We wanted to bring the best of both worlds by packaging optimistic updates and offline mode with the power of relations [1]

[1] https://www.instantdb.com/essays/next_firebase#the-missing-c...


RethinkDB is an certainly inspiration for us! We thought their and design was very elegant.


We have an unofficial HTTP api, will add it to the docs but we've already had folks use it for non-js backends! [1]

[1] https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Unofficial-Admin-HTTP-API--CVa...


We offer a generous free tier which doesn't limit your number of projects, never pauses, and available for commercial use. The pro plan is $30/mo and then pay for usage.


We love the small API and fast getting started experience of Firebase. We take a lot of inspiration from them for our write api. Hand-rolling joins was often a pain point though and we thought a graphql-like interface was a better experience.


Thanks for the request! Made an issue to track this here! [1]

[1] https://github.com/instantdb/instant/issues/19


Thank you!

And yes you can self host today. We have instructions on standing up a server on our github [1]

[1] https://github.com/instantdb/instant/tree/main/server


You can already self-host! We have instructions on standing up the server on our github [1]

[1] https://github.com/instantdb/instant/tree/main/server


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