Tier 2

Build Firebase-style apps with AI

Orbit maps Firebase-style realtime backends to Supabase — auth, realtime data, storage, and serverless functions with an equivalent developer experience and RLS-based security.

Firebase AI Builder

Ask for Firebase and Orbit provisions the Supabase equivalent: realtime subscriptions, auth with email + OAuth, storage buckets, and edge functions. Your product ships with a scalable Postgres backend instead of a single-provider lock-in.

In plain English

Firebase is a popular all-in-one backend. Orbit builds the same features on Supabase — auth, realtime data, storage — on open Postgres with stronger security defaults.

Firebase AI Builder — build, chat, research, and create media in one AI workspace on Orbit
Orbit maps Firebase-style realtime backends to Supabase — auth, realtime data, storage, and serverless functions with an equivalent developer experience and RLS-based security.

How it works in Orbit

Firebase-style backends — realtime data, auth, storage, serverless functions — are a common request. Orbit maps that spec to Supabase on open Postgres, delivering the same developer experience with row-level security and no single-provider lock-in.

Realtime, translated

Firebase's realtime updates become Supabase realtime subscriptions. Orbit wires the client so your app's data views refresh when rows change — the behavior users expect, on Postgres.

  • Realtime subscriptions wired in
  • Optimistic UI updates
  • Live presence where needed

Auth with identity providers

Email + password, Google, and other OAuth providers work through Supabase Auth. Orbit configures the provider settings and connects them to your UI's login screens.

  • Email + password flows
  • OAuth provider setup
  • Session handling built in

Storage and functions

File uploads map to Supabase Storage buckets, and server-side logic maps to edge functions. The full Firebase feature set has an open equivalent.

  • Storage buckets for uploads
  • Edge functions for logic
  • Open Postgres under the hood
  1. Spec the realtime app

    Describe live data, auth, and files.

  2. Generate on Supabase

    Orbit builds the equivalent on open Postgres.

  3. Configure providers

    Wire your OAuth and storage settings.

  4. Deploy

    Ship the app with secure defaults.

The challenge

Try it yourself

Run this one on a competitor first — then on Orbit. Same prompt, and keep score.

Build

Try this one elsewhere first.

Build a realtime app on both backends and open the security rules. Compare who ships sensible defaults and who ships "this is fine".

Research

Ask a research tool to go deep on one topic.

Then ask Orbit. Compare how many rounds it runs, how many sources it actually reads — we target 65+ — and whether every claim in the final report has a link attached. Bring a bigger coffee mug.

Chat

Ask a plain chatbot the same question.

One just talks. Orbit's agent actually searches the web, runs code, reads your files, and comes back with something done. Compare how many tabs you opened and how many are still open when you're finished.

Image & video

Generate the same image, then edit it.

Ask two tools for the same hero shot, then ask both to recolor it, fill in the background, and animate it. Compare who hands you a first draft and who keeps refining in the same conversation.

150+

models routed per task

1h

cloud sandbox sessions

25

tool calls per chat turn

8–14

deep research rounds

Honest stack note: Orbit standardizes your spec to a production React (Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind) stack with Supabase as the data layer. You get the product you asked for — verified, typed, and provisioned — built on the platform's supported stack rather than a framework Orbit can't verify end-to-end.

What you can do with Firebase AI Builder on Orbit

Schema from your spec

Tables, indexes, and relations generated as idempotent SQL.

Baseline RLS

Row-level security policies created with every table.

Live data panel

Browse tables, run SQL, and manage migrations from Orbit Cloud.

Compare sibling stacks

Frequently asked questions

Why does Orbit use Supabase instead of Firebase?

Supabase gives the same realtime + auth + storage DX on open Postgres, which Orbit can provision, secure, and manage from one panel — including RLS policies and schema migrations.

Which Firebase features map to Supabase?

Firestore collections map to Postgres tables, realtime listeners map to Supabase realtime, and Cloud Functions map to edge functions. Orbit wires all three into the generated app so nothing in your product spec is left out.

Can I keep Firebase's realtime sync behavior?

The realtime feel is preserved: Supabase subscriptions push data changes to the UI instantly, and auth, storage, and serverless functions all have direct Supabase counterparts, so the app behaves the way your Firebase spec described.