# PocketBase Open Source Realtime Backend in a Single Binary

> PocketBase is an open-source Go backend that ships as a single portable executable. It includes an embedded SQLite database with realtime subscriptions, built-in file and user management, a convenient admin dashboard UI, and a simple REST-ish API.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/pocketbase-open-source-realtime-backend-in-a-single-binary` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/pocketbase-open-source-realtime-backend-in-a-single-binary`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/pocketbase-open-source-realtime-backend-in-a-single-binary/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner WARNING, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/pocketbase-open-source-realtime-backend-in-a-single-binary

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# PocketBase Open Source Realtime Backend in a Single Binary

PocketBase is an open-source Go backend that ships as a single portable executable. It includes an embedded SQLite database with realtime subscriptions, built-in file and user management, a convenient admin dashboard UI, and a simple REST-ish API.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- **JavaScript - [pocketbase/js-sdk](https://github.com/pocketbase/js-sdk)** (_Browser, Node.js, React Native_)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Once downloaded, extract the archive and run ./pocketbase serve in the extracted directory.
- Here is a minimal example:
- To init the dependencies, run go mod init myapp && go mod tidy.

- Source: https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/pocketbase-open-source-realtime-backend-single-binary/)