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Open Source Database Designs
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Online database-design tool with sample schemas and an AI generator to explore, modify or build database structures visually.
27K visits/mo
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Open-source AI coding assistant offering autocomplete and chat in IDEs; the company was acquired by Cursor.
775K visits/mo
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Convex
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TypeScript backend-as-a-service with a reactive database, server functions, auth and file storage for full-stack and AI apps.
692K visits/mo20K saves
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Softgen
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AI app builder that turns plain-English prompts into deployable full-stack web apps with a managed database and full code ownership.
103K visits/mo16K saves
Pricing
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Free & Starter: $0/mo (pay-as-you-go, 1-6 developers)
Professional: $25/developer/mo
Business & Enterprise: $2,500/mo minimum
Starting plan: $25/mo (entry-level tier per pricing comparison)
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Library of sample database designs
- ✦Visual database designer / diagram tool
- ✦AI database generator
- ✦Modify and optimize existing schemas
- ✦SQL script export
- ✦Dialect converters (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL)
- ✦Open-source AI code assistant
- ✦Customizable autocomplete
- ✦In-editor AI chat
- ✦Community-built coding agent
- ✦Reactive real-time database
- ✦TypeScript server functions (queries/mutations/actions)
- ✦Built-in authentication
- ✦Cron jobs and backend workflows
- ✦File storage, text and vector search
- ✦ACID transactions; open-source/self-host
- ✦Builds full-stack apps from plain-English descriptions
- ✦Choice of 12+ underlying AI models
- ✦Managed Supabase database included
- ✦GitHub code export on all plans
- ✦One-click Vercel deployment
- ✦Credits that don't expire while subscribed
Use cases
- →Finding a starting schema for a project
- →Designing a database visually
- →Generating a schema with AI
- →Converting between SQL dialects
- →Get AI code completions while coding
- →Ask questions about code in the editor
- →Build on an open-source coding-agent foundation
- →Building real-time reactive apps
- →Backends for AI agents
- →Replacing Firebase or Supabase
- →Full-stack TypeScript development
- →Non-technical founders shipping an MVP quickly
- →Agencies delivering client projects faster
- →Developers prototyping SaaS ideas without boilerplate setup
- →Solo builders launching small businesses without hiring engineers
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