# Firebase

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Fire base, Google Firebase, Firestore

[Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google)'s platform for building app [back ends](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/back-end), with a [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database), [login](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication), [file storage](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/object-storage) and [hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting) as [managed services](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/managed-service).

**For example:** A two-person team builds a [mobile app](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-app-mobile-app) on Firebase so they do not have to run their own [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server).

Official site: <https://firebase.google.com>

## Connects to (7)

- [Back end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/back-end): The part of an app that runs out of sight on a server.
- [Managed service](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/managed-service): A service where the provider handles the upkeep instead of the customer's own team.
- [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google): The company behind Google Search, Gemini and Google Cloud.
- [Supabase](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/supabase): An open source back end platform built on the Postgres database.
- [Authentication](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication): Checking that a person is who they say they are, usually with a login.
- [MongoDB](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mongodb): A database that stores records as flexible documents instead of rows in fixed tables.
- [Convex](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/convex): A hosted back end for web apps that combines a database with server functions written in TypeScript, and pushes changes to the app as they…

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