Quickback Documentation

Quickback is a backend compiler. Define your database schema and security rules in TypeScript — Quickback compiles them into a Hono API running on Cloudflare Workers, plus the Account UI and CMS that ride alongside it. The Quickback Stack is the Supabase alternative on Cloudflare.

Quick start

mkdir my-app && cd my-app
npx @quickback-dev/cli start

start is interactive — it asks for a template, scaffolds the project on disk, and only prompts for an account just before compiling. If you cancel at the login prompt the scaffold stays put; you can finish later with quickback build.

Prefer scripting?

npm install -g @quickback-dev/cli
quickback create cloudflare my-app
cd my-app
quickback build

How it works

Write ~50 lines of definitions. Get a production codebase.

defineTable()  ─┐
                ├─► Compiler ─► Hono API    (D1 / Neon / PlanetScale)
defineAction() ─┘            └► RLS policies (Postgres)

Every API request passes through four security layers:

Request → Firewall → Access → Guards → Masking → Response
            │          │        │         │
            │          │        │         └── Hide sensitive fields
            │          │        └── Block field modifications
            │          └── Check roles & conditions
            └── Isolate data by owner/org

Secure by default. Nothing is accessible until you explicitly open it up. See Definitions for the full security model.

The two products

Quickback Compiler

Quickback Compiler — the build tool. Define your schema and security rules in TypeScript and compile to a complete Hono application on Cloudflare:

• Quickback for Hono API — A complete Hono application on Cloudflare D1 or Postgres (Neon or PlanetScale), with CRUD, batch endpoints, OpenAPI, and an MCP server.

Start here:

• Getting Started — Create your first project
• Deploy — Ship it: one command provisions D1/KV/R2, applies migrations, and deploys the worker
• Definitions — Schema, Firewall, Access, Guards, Masking, Views, Actions
• Cloud Compiler — CLI, MCP server, authentication
• Claude Code Skill — AI-powered authoring assistance

Quickback Stack

The runtime services around your compiled code. Everything you need for a complete Supabase alternative on Cloudflare:

• Auth — Better Auth with email OTP, passkeys, organizations, admin
• Storage — KV (sessions, cache) and R2 (files)
• Realtime — Durable Objects + WebSocket
• Queues — Background jobs and webhook delivery
• Vector & AI — Embeddings, semantic search
• Webhooks — Inbound (signed) and outbound (retried)
• Admin UI — Schema-driven admin UI
• Account UI — Pre-built auth and profile pages

Everything runs on your own Cloudflare account — no Quickback infrastructure between you and your data.