Kinto is a minimalist JSON storage service for applications that need a simple, self-hostable backend for storing structured data.
It exposes an HTTP API in front of a database and is designed for projects that need remote data storage, permissions, synchronisation across devices, and collaboration features without building a custom backend from scratch.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Stores data as JSON records organised into buckets and collections.
- Offers fine-grained permissions on buckets, groups, collections, and individual records.
- Supports optional JSON Schema validation for collections.
- Provides change tracking through revision numbers to help clients retrieve updates since a previous synchronisation.
- Works with an in-memory backend for development and PostgreSQL for production deployments.
- Can be configured using an INI file or environment variables.
- Includes pluggable authentication, storage, cache, and permission backends.
- Supports a plugin ecosystem for features such as history tracking, file attachments, and monitoring.
Website: github.com/Kinto/kinto
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Developer: Mozilla Services
License: Apache License 2.0
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