Typebase
Shares rank 33 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Recommended as a simple TypeScript backend where you write typed functions and it handles the rest. Critics note unclear deploy steps and restarts after each change.
Recommended as a simple TypeScript backend where you write typed functions and it handles the rest. Critics note unclear deploy steps and restarts after each change.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, plain TypeScript backend
“the idea with Typebase is that you can build everything on super simple way and Typebase will take care of the rest.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript” “The good thing about Typebase is that under the hood is a normal TypeScript server”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript” Appealing approach worth trying
“for a straightforward site with limited complexities, it might be cool to try out”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript” “I love your approach, fake testemonials and all.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript” “This looks pretty nice though”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| TypebaseThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“having to restart and rebuild after each change is issue for me”
“The good thing about Typebase is that under the hood is a normal TypeScript server”
“I love your approach, fake testemonials and all.”
“the idea with Typebase is that you can build everything on super simple way and Typebase will take care of the rest.”
“it allows you to have typed actions you can call from your backend as if it where functions of your front end”
“for a straightforward site with limited complexities, it might be cool to try out”
“None of these people exist. We checked. Twice. Legal is chill”
“But the wheel needs to be reinvented on how to do everything.”
“it seems like gross duct tape that will bite you in three years”
“very cool. though the deploy wasnt clear if i can just run migration on some pg url”
“This looks pretty nice though”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.