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6/16/2026
Deploying Instant Open-Source Firebase Alternative on Ubuntu 24.04

Deploying Instant Open-Source Firebase Alternative on Ubuntu 24.04

Short summary

InstantDB is an open-source, self-hosted Firebase alternative with PostgreSQL backing and real-time sync. This guide walks through Docker Compose deployment on Ubuntu 24.04 with Traefik for automatic HTTPS, covering environment setup, service configuration, verification, and sample database queries. The result is a secure, production-ready backend API running at your domain.

  • Docker Compose stack with PostgreSQL and Traefik for automatic HTTPS
  • Step-by-step deployment on Ubuntu 24.04 with environment configuration
  • Verification tests and sample database operations included

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