👋 Hey Product Hunt,

I'm excited to announce the Alpha release of our product called BackStract.
BackStract as a name is made up of 2 words (Backend + Abstraction). As the name denotes, we wanted to empower development teams to quickly build & ship scalable products without going too deep into basics.

What is BackStract?
BackStract is Shopify for Software Backends. It is a highly scalable low-code Backend as a Service platform.

BackStract helps individual developers, tech teams & product companies to quickly:

🧩 Create
🚀 Deploy
📦 Ship &
⚙️ Maintain highly scalable backends & Web Services.

Our product:

⚡️ Reduces go-to-market time
⚡️ Increases productivity
⚡️ Reduces dependency on tech resources, thereby reducing cost for shipping software.

🎯 Alpha Release Features:

🔷 Auto-Generated CRUD APIs – Instantly generate APIs from your linked database.
🔷 Advanced Querying – Perform READ & WRITE operations with WHERE clauses.
🔷 JWT Secret Management – Easily create and retrieve JWT secrets.
🔷 Enhanced Data Support – Work with derived types like Lists & Dictionaries.
🔷 Built-in API Docs – Swagger documentation for every deployed application.
🔷 Seamless Integrations – Connect with 3rd-party APIs using External API Integration
🔷 Custom Logic Support – Add Python code blocks for complex operations.


🚢 Beta Release Features:
Shipping circa April 2025


👾 Sleek New UI – A fresh, modern look for a better user experience.
📦 Expanded Database Support – Will be compatible with MySQL, MongoDB, and more.
🔑 Flexible Authentication – Multiple sign-up/sign-in options, including OAuth and social logins.
🧩 Seamless Integrations – Payment gateways, caching solutions, and more.
🟢 Node.js Support – Effortlessly generate and deploy APIs for Node.js.
👀 Enhanced Observability – Improved monitoring and logging features.


Why BackStract?
✅ Low-Code ⚡
🔓 0 Vendor Lock-in – Download documented code + deployment instructions anytime you want in:

• 🐍 Python

• 🟢 NodeJS (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)

• 🐹 Go (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)

☁️ BYOC: Bring Your Own Cloud (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)
🛠️ Plugins & OSS Support (🚧 Coming Soon 🚀)

⚡Build, Customize & Deploy APIs in Seconds!

⚙️ Instant API Generation – Connect your database and get auto-generated CRUD APIs in no time
🛠️ Choose Your Tech Stack – Python, NodeJS, Go, or Java
🎨No-Code Customization – Add business logic effortlessly with our API Builder UI
🚀 One-Click Deployment – Deploy your API to Cloud instantly

This appears to be a valuable tool, and I would be eager to explore its implementation.

One-click deployment sounds exciting. Going to try it soon.

I just built a project on BackStract, and I’m seriously impressed! Being able to deploy and build applications so quickly.🚀 The backend workflow is super smooth, though I think the UI needs some improvements. Excited to see how this evolves!

Finally something fresh in the world of ai slop .Looking forward to explore it .

No vendor locking is literally saint's work in today's day and age. Will try to explore it and use it in my projects.

BackStract looks super easy to use! A no-code backend solution that saves time and effort—can’t wait to explore it!

As a mobile developer, I often work with APIs, and Backstract.io has made managing API documentation effortless. The ability to auto-generate SDKs for different platforms is a huge plus. It’s user-friendly, efficient, and saves hours of manual work. Definitely a valuable tool for any development team!

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Big congratulations on the product launch....... Wishing you tons of success and great things ahead! Looking forward to testing it in real time!

Congrats on the launch Akshay and team