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Organize Your PocketBase Hooks With Folders and Real Templates
pocketbase
Sep 17, 2026·Tom

Organize Your PocketBase Hooks With Folders and Real Templates

pb_hooks now accepts .html, .css, .md, and a dozen other text formats, organized in subdirectories — not just flat .pb.js and .json files.

Your PocketBase admin dashboard, now embedded in the portal
features
Sep 16, 2026·Tom

Your PocketBase admin dashboard, now embedded in the portal

Manage collections, records, and settings without leaving PocketBase Cloud — a collapsible, fullscreen-capable embed of the instance's own admin dashboard.

Keep Several PocketBase Admin Logins at Once
cli
Sep 16, 2026·Tom

Keep Several PocketBase Admin Logins at Once

pbc now saves as many instance logins as you want — several instances, or several superusers on one — and switches between them with --profile.

Start from a working app: PocketBase Cloud templates
templates
Sep 16, 2026·Tom

Start from a working app: PocketBase Cloud templates

Two full-stack starters you can clone and deploy — a React storefront and an Astro SaaS site — with the database, frontend, and deploy steps ready to run.

Yearly billing is here — two months free
billing
Sep 16, 2026·Tom

Yearly billing is here — two months free

Starter and Pro can now be billed yearly at two months free. Here's how it works, what carries over, and the one thing that's still a manual switch.

A Cleaner pbc self upgrade, and the End of npm Releases
cli
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

A Cleaner pbc self upgrade, and the End of npm Releases

The upgrade command now narrates each step as it runs, npm installs are deprecated in favor of a single install script, and an outdated CLI tells you plainly when it needs an upgrade.

CSV Import and Export Just Got More Reliable
reliability
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

CSV Import and Export Just Got More Reliable

A Windows-exported CSV no longer corrupts its last column on import, exports no longer fail to upload for reasons that have nothing to do with your data, and a wide CSV no longer reports itself as empty.

How to Deploy a Full-Stack App (Database, Frontend, and Backend)
full-stack
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

How to Deploy a Full-Stack App (Database, Frontend, and Backend)

Deploy a complete full-stack app — database, single-page frontend, and API backend — to one platform with three commands. A step-by-step guide with the pbc CLI.

How to Deploy a Next.js App
nextjs
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

How to Deploy a Next.js App

Deploy a server-rendered Next.js app — App Router, API routes, and all — to a managed container with HTTPS. One command; the CLI handles the standalone build.

Free Frontend Hosting for Your Side Project
free-frontend
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

Free Frontend Hosting for Your Side Project

Deploy a React, Vue, Svelte, or Vite single-page app for free — with automatic HTTPS, SPA routing, and a database in the same place when you need one.

How to Host a Node.js or Deno Backend
backend
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

How to Host a Node.js or Deno Backend

Deploy a Node.js, Deno, or Bun backend — a REST API, webhook handler, or worker — in an isolated container with HTTPS, encrypted secrets, and live logs.

Get an Instant REST API From Your Database
backend
Sep 7, 2026·Tom

Get an Instant REST API From Your Database

Define your tables and get a REST and realtime API for free — CRUD, filtering, auth, and row-level rules, with no backend code to write or host.