BackStract helps developers and development teams build scalable backends in a fraction of the time compared to traditional methods, accelerating projects and streamlining backend development. Together with this, there is 0 vendor lock-in.
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👋 Hey Product Hunt,
I'm excited to announce the Alpha release of our product called BackStract.
BackStract as a name is made up of 2 words (Backend + Abstraction). As the name denotes, we wanted to empower development teams to quickly build & ship scalable products without going too deep into basics.
What is BackStract?
BackStract is Shopify for Software Backends. It is a highly scalable low-code Backend as a Service platform.
BackStract helps individual developers, tech teams & product companies to quickly:
🧩 Create
🚀 Deploy
📦 Ship &
⚙️ Maintain highly scalable backends & Web Services.
Our product:
⚡️ Reduces go-to-market time
⚡️ Increases productivity
⚡️ Reduces dependency on tech resources, thereby reducing cost for shipping software.
🎯 Alpha Release Features:
🔷 Auto-Generated CRUD APIs – Instantly generate APIs from your linked database.
🔷 Advanced Querying – Perform READ & WRITE operations with WHERE clauses.
🔷 JWT Secret Management – Easily create and retrieve JWT secrets.
🔷 Enhanced Data Support – Work with derived types like Lists & Dictionaries.
🔷 Built-in API Docs – Swagger documentation for every deployed application.
🔷 Seamless Integrations – Connect with 3rd-party APIs using External API Integration
🔷 Custom Logic Support – Add Python code blocks for complex operations.
🚢 Beta Release Features:
Shipping circa April 2025
👾 Sleek New UI – A fresh, modern look for a better user experience.
📦 Expanded Database Support – Will be compatible with MySQL, MongoDB, and more.
🔑 Flexible Authentication – Multiple sign-up/sign-in options, including OAuth and social logins.
🧩 Seamless Integrations – Payment gateways, caching solutions, and more.
🟢 Node.js Support – Effortlessly generate and deploy APIs for Node.js.
👀 Enhanced Observability – Improved monitoring and logging features.
Why BackStract?
✅ Low-Code ⚡
🔓 0 Vendor Lock-in – Download documented code + deployment instructions anytime you want in:
🐍 Python
🟢 NodeJS (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)
🐹 Go (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)
☁️ BYOC: Bring Your Own Cloud (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)
🛠️ Plugins & OSS Support (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)
⚡Build, Customize & Deploy APIs in Seconds!
⚙️ Instant API Generation – Connect your database and get auto-generated CRUD APIs in no time
🛠️ Choose Your Tech Stack – Python, NodeJS, Go, or Java
🎨No-Code Customization – Add business logic effortlessly with our API Builder UI
🚀 One-Click Deployment – Deploy your API to Cloud instantly
This appears to be a valuable tool, and I would be eager to explore its implementation.
One-click deployment sounds exciting. Going to try it soon.