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title: Introduction
description: Introduction to Supabase
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# Introduction

Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative.

It provides all the backend services you need to build a product. You can use it completely, or just the services you require:

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  <LinkCard title="Auth" description="User management with Row Level Security" />
  <LinkCard title="File Storage" description="Store, organize, and serve large files" />
  <LinkCard title="Auto-generated APIs" description="Instantly generate APIs for your database" />
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## Getting Started

Visit [app.supabase.com](https://app.supabase.com) to get started with the hosted platform or visit the self-hosting docs to learn how to host Supabase yourself.

Supabase is just Postgres, which makes it compatible with a large number of tools and frameworks.

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## How to use these docs

The documentation is divided into 3 sections.

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