# instantdb.com

> AI-optimized mirror of instantdb.com containing 50 pages totalling 25,590 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://instantdb.com/. Last updated: 2026-05-01T13:05:57.698Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Homepage

- [The best backend for AI-coded apps](/site-root.html) (1,179 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [docs/presence-and-topics/index.html](/docs/presence-and-topics/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/instaql/index.html](/docs/instaql/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/permissions/index.html](/docs/permissions/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/next-ssr/index.html](/docs/next-ssr/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/modeling-data/index.html](/docs/modeling-data/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/instaml/index.html](/docs/instaml/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/http-api/index.html](/docs/http-api/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/common-mistakes/index.html](/docs/common-mistakes/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/backend/index.html](/docs/backend/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/auth/platform-oauth/index.html](/docs/auth/platform-oauth/index.html) (1 words)
- [docs/auth/guest-auth/index.html](/docs/auth/guest-auth/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/next_firebase/index.html](/essays/next_firebase/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/pg_upgrade/index.html](/essays/pg_upgrade/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/heroui/index.html](/essays/heroui/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/gpt_52_on_the_counterstrike_benchmark/index.html](/essays/gpt_52_on_the_counterstrike_benchmark/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/datalogjs/index.html](/essays/datalogjs/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/count_min_sketch/index.html](/essays/count_min_sketch/index.html) (1 words)
- [essays/architecture/index.html](/essays/architecture/index.html) (1 words)
- [Pick your app](/docs/cli/index.html): How to use the Instant CLI to manage schema and permissions. (975 words)
- [Pick your app](/docs/migrate-from-supabase/index.html): A prompt for your AI coding assistant to migrate a Supabase project to InstantDB. (417 words)
- [How and where will agents ship software?](/essays/agents/index.html): Beginners are vibe-coding apps and experts are maxing out their LLM subscriptions. What does this mean for how we build software? (1,896 words)
- [Auth Overview](/docs/auth/index.html): Instant supports magic code, OAuth, Clerk, and custom auth. (626 words)
- [Mirando transforms Latin-American Real-Estate on top of Instant](/essays/mirando/index.html): Ignacio De Haedo and Javier Rey left their software engineering jobs at Meta to build Mirando, an AI-powered real-estate platform for Latin America. This is the backstory. (1,342 words)
- [Sync Engines are the Future](/essays/sync_future/index.html): We've been building frontends that talk to backends for years. But in the meantime the browser has become an OS. In that case what should your stack look like? (1,283 words)
- [Setup](/docs/auth/clerk/index.html): How to integrate Clerk's auth flow with Instant. (573 words)
- [GPT 5 vs Opus 4.1 for Vibe-Coded Apps](/essays/gpt_5_vs_opus_4/index.html): How do GPT-5 and Opus 4.1 compare for vibe coding apps? We built a full-stack chiptunes player to find out., Generated by create next app, Generated by create next app (704 words)
- [Codex, Opus, Gemini try to build Counter Strike](/essays/agents_building_counterstrike/index.html): Introducing CS Bench: we ask all top models to build a multiplayer Counter-Strike from scratch. (2,066 words)
- [Privacy Policy of **instantdb.com**](/privacy/index.html) (2,354 words)
- [Pick your app](/docs/infinite-queries/index.html): How to subscribe to large amounts of data incrementally (512 words)
- [Basic Initialization](/docs/init/index.html): How to integrate Instant with your app. (563 words)
- [Terms and Conditions](/terms/index.html) (1,162 words)
- [Setup](/docs/auth/firebase/index.html): How to integrate Firebase's auth flow with Instant. (516 words)
- [Database in the Browser, a Spec](/essays/db_browser/index.html): How will we build web applications in the future? We think it's going to look like a database in the browser, and this essay explains why. (4,569 words)
- [Pick your app](/docs/create-instant-app/index.html): Use create-instant-app to scaffold a new Instant project (295 words)
- [Instant raises $3.4M seed to build a modern Firebase](/essays/seed/index.html): A month after we open sourced Instant, we had one of the largest Show HN's for a YC company. This shares the news of our $3.4M seed round. (873 words)
- [CSS](/docs/explorer-component/index.html): Use the Explorer Component in your own apps (282 words)
- [#Changing Positions](/docs/devtool/index.html): Use the Instant devtool to inspect your app in development. (311 words)
- [Dashboard](/docs/emails/index.html): How to customize magic code emails. (286 words)
- [Whirlwind tour: Build a full-stack app with InstantDB](/tutorial/index.html): Build full-stack apps with InstantDB in 5-10 minutes! (525 words)
- [docs/users-md.html](/docs/users-md.html) (1 words)
- [Counter-Strike Bench: GPT 5.3 Codex vs Claude Opus 4.6](/essays/codex_53_opus_46_cs_bench/index.html): GPT 5.3 Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 shipped within minutes of each other. How well do they compare building a multiplayer Counter-Strike? (519 words)
- [docs/auth/magic-codes-md.html](/docs/auth/magic-codes-md.html) (1 words)
- [docs/backend-md.html](/docs/backend-md.html) (1 words)
- [Never paused.  Unlimited free projects.  Simple pricing.](/pricing/index.html) (149 words)
- [Video: Founding Firebase with James Tamplin](/essays/founding_firebase/index.html): We sat down with one of the founders of Firebase to learn about the story behind the database platform that inspired many of us. (66 words)
- [Video: Building a Sync Engine in Clojure](/essays/conj/index.html): Our CTO gave a talk about building Instant at Clojure Conj 2024! In this talk he discusses the common schleps developers face when building apps, and how Instant compresses them. (86 words)
- [Team features are free through the end of February](/essays/free_teams_through_february/index.html): Share your favorite apps with your favorite people, with free Instant teams for February. (164 words)
- [Automatic Setup With Create Instant App](/docs/index.html): How to use Instant with React (843 words)
- [Infinite Queries](/docs/infinite-queries-md.html) (433 words)

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