Base44 Backend Platform - The Backend for the age of AI
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Complete backend for building apps with AI agents. Battle-tested by millions of production apps, now available as a standalone service optimized for Claude Code and Cursor. Deploy full-stack apps in one command, no backend setup, no configuration. AI agents use simple Skills instead of complex APIs.
$ npx base44@latest create
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Base44
Hey PH👋
Maor started Base44 as a side project late 2024, and it's now at millions of users.
Early on, Maor made a bet to build the entire backend infrastructure from scratch instead of relying on Firebase, Supabase, etc. That bet paid off.
Today we're releasing that same infrastructure as a standalone Backend as a Service - and it's fundamentally different from existing solutions.
The problem: If you've built with Claude Code or Cursor, you've hit this wall. The agent writes great code - then chokes on backend setup. That's not the agent's fault. Supabase, Firebase, and the rest were designed for human developers who read docs and configure things manually. AI agents don't work that way. The backend is still the bottleneck.
We built Base44 Backend from the ground up for agents:
🤖 Skills instead of APIs - AI agents don't read API docs the way humans do. Our Skills system gives agents simple, structured instructions they can execute natively. This is a huge difference in practice vs. throwing a Supabase or Firebase SDK at an agent and hoping for the best.
⚡ One command to deploy - database, auth, file storage, everything. No config files, no environment variables, no setup tax.
🔌 Built-in Connectors - OAuth-ready integrations to Gmail, Slack, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn, and more. Your agent says "post to Slack when a new order comes in" and it just works. No managing API keys or building OAuth flows from scratch.
🧠 App Agents -Built-in AI agents that live inside your app. They can read and write data, trigger backend functions, search the web, connect to WhatsApp, they're like teammates that ship with your product out of the box.
🚀 Battle-tested at scale - This isn't a new experiment. It's the same infra powering 10M+ production apps on Base44.
Who it's for: Developers using Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI coding agent who are tired of the backend being the thing that slows everything down. If you want your agent to go from idea to deployed app without you ever touching backend config, that's exactly what we built.
We're shipping fast and want to build this with the community. Tell us what's missing, what's broken, what would make this 10x more useful for your workflow.
Would love your feedback 🙏
Lunair
Awesome, finally!
Is it possible to pick it up from an existing project and have two-way sync between the two? Or only start a new one?
Base44
@guymanzur Not yet possible to work with the Base44 AI Agent on Base44 Backend projects, but we are working on it!
If you have an existing app and you want to try out the experience of a Base44 Backend project, you have the option to use `base44 eject` which would clone your existing app into a backend project. Check out the docs here:
https://docs.base44.com/developers/backend/quickstart/templates/quickstart-from-existing-app
Stay tuned to when we'll announce support for working with the Base44 CLI on your existing projects without ejecting.
Triforce Todos
This is honestly a smart direction. AI coding tools have improved fast, but backend setup is still where things slow down. The “skills instead of APIs” idea sounds especially interesting — feels like it matches how agents actually work instead of forcing human workflows on them. Excited to see how this evolves 👍
Base44
@abod_rehman awesome, thanks for the feedback Abdul! glad you liked it. we designed it from the ground up to work well with agents
Agnes AI
Always glad to see vibe coding tools revolutes! Just curious - whats the biggest distinguish point between Base44 and other vibe tools?
Base44
@cruise_chen The biggest difference is that Base44 focuses on the backend + infra layer - not just generating vibes or UI. It gives builders real primitives for logic, data, auth, and integrations, whether they build through our Builder or directly from tools like Cursor or Claude Code 🚀
Makers Page
Like the no-setup angle. npx base44@latest create fits my Cursor/Claude workflow. Curious how Skills map to real APIs + auth and what the default stack is (db, queues, logs). Any cold start quirks? Might try it on a weekend toy agent.
Base44
@alexcloudstar Give it a go and be sure to drop your feedback on https://github.com/orgs/base44/discussions.
Our backend offering comes with DB (which we call Entities), Auth, Backend Functions, AI Agents and more! You can check out the full feature set at https://docs.base44.com/developers/backend/overview/features
Wrapping auth flows, pagination, and error handling into Skills so agents don't have to parse raw REST docs is where Base44 earns its keep. The hard part is what happens when a Skill hits a partial failure or rate limit... agents retry blindly unless the surface area tells them to stop. If that stays tight, it beats wiring up Supabase from scratch every time.
Base44
@piroune_balachandran thank you. yes - we're doing our best to design it to be great UX for agents
Base44
Super cool.
Just took my app from localhost to deployed in a couple of minutes.
Niceeee
Base44
Amazing@or_yolvi, now you can start using our agents, connectors, and many more capabilities available in the Base44 Backend Platform.
Do you pull token-level logs from each provider API, or are you reconciling against the invoice totals? That distinction matters because a single OpenAI account can have GPT-4o, embeddings, Whisper, and assistants all showing up as one line item. If ToolSpend breaks that down per model endpoint and maps it to the card charge, that's where it stops being another dashboard and starts being the thing finance actually trusts.
I’ve heard a lot about Base44!!! and got a chance to try it, it’s perfect for building quick PoC apps. I am honestly shocked with how fast and intuitive it is
Base44
@natallia_novik, thank you! We really appreciate your comment - keep on building!
Base44
@linjing yeah it's all on our backend infrastructure which we are now offering to be used as a standalone backend-as-a-service which is our Base44 Backend Platform!
While our new backend platform is in its early days, our pricing for backend usage is based on the same plans we offer to all Base44 users at https://base44.com/pricing, using your subscription integration credits.
Happy building!