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Using SpacetimeDB as the backend for your application gets you so much further because it handles all the persistence, logic, and state sync for you. Plus deployment is so easy that you can get up and running in minutes.
The true strength is the performance, try your hands on a realtime app!
spacetime init --template quickstart-chat-typescriptgemini "This folder is initialized with a basic spacetimedb project. Using this as a starting point build a full Discord clone with channels, threads, and real time messaging with React.js...."Millions of Transactions. Zero Bottlenecks.
SpacetimeDB processes transactions at a scale and speed that leaves conventional databases behind.
A SERVER AND DATABASE IN ONE.
What is SpacetimeDB
You can think of SpacetimeDB as both a relational database and a server combined into one. Instead of deploying a web or game server that sits in between your clients and your database, clients connect directly to the database and execute your logic inside the database itself. No more Docker, Kubernetes, VMs, microservices or extensive ops infrastructure.
We built SpacetimeDB because we needed a reliable, transactional and super fast backend to run BitCraft. The entire backend, including all logic, real-time updates, and persistent state, is implemented as a SpacetimeDB module.
Learn More- 1Set up accounts/billing with a cloud provider
- 2Figure out cloud services for your use case
- 3Provision services and machines
- 4Configure a persistence layer/database
- 5Manage persistent state across deploys
- 6Become a Docker + Kubernetes wizard
- 7Configure networking policy
- 8Choose a performant web server technology
- 9Use an ORM or raw SQL to talk to your database
- 10Develop a protocol for client/.server state sync
- 11Hard-code persistence logic for in-memory state
- 12Design a bespoke permissions system
- 13And after all that you've still got atomicity, consistency, and isolation problems!
- 1Set up accounts/billing with a cloud provider
- 2Figure out cloud services for your use case
- 3Provision services and machines
- 4Configure a persistence layer/database
- 5Manage persistent state across deploys
- 6Become a Docker + Kubernetes wizard
- 7Configure networking policy
- 8Choose a performant web server technology
- 9Use an ORM or raw SQL to talk to your database
- 10Develop a protocol for client/.server state sync
- 11Hard-code persistence logic for in-memory state
- 12Design a bespoke permissions system
- 13And after all that you've still got atomicity, consistency, and isolation problems!
Why developers choose SpacetimeDB
What people building with SpacetimeDB are saying.
Ok, SpacetimeDB is actually pretty cool! It gives you almost everything you need on the server side to build a multiplayer game. Think of it as Supabase but for building games.
You can write reducers to handle events on the server, and you can call them directly from the client or subscribe to their changes.
SpacetimeDB collapses your entire backend into the database itself. No servers, no microservices, just Rust modules running at memory speed. Powers an entire MMORPG with zero traditional infrastructure.
Spacetime is a cheat code.
The design of SpacetimeDB—or rather, its underlying mechanism—is so genius that I just can't stop grinning like an idiot, oh my.
If you don't know yet, SpacetimeDB is here and it's going to warp the game dev space into a new big bang.
Think of it as whatever levelsio had to vibe code for his plane game to be a smooth multiplayer game, you can do it in an hour now.
Ok, SpacetimeDB is actually pretty cool! It gives you almost everything you need on the server side to build a multiplayer game. Think of it as Supabase but for building games.
You can write reducers to handle events on the server, and you can call them directly from the client or subscribe to their changes.
SpacetimeDB collapses your entire backend into the database itself. No servers, no microservices, just Rust modules running at memory speed. Powers an entire MMORPG with zero traditional infrastructure.
Spacetime is a cheat code.
The design of SpacetimeDB—or rather, its underlying mechanism—is so genius that I just can't stop grinning like an idiot, oh my.
If you don't know yet, SpacetimeDB is here and it's going to warp the game dev space into a new big bang.
Think of it as whatever levelsio had to vibe code for his plane game to be a smooth multiplayer game, you can do it in an hour now.
SpacetimeDB — a database and server in one. Clients connect directly, run logic inside the DB. No Docker, no K8s, no ops bloat.
Used to power the entire backend of BitCraft, including real-time multiplayer.
It's time! I'm using SpacetimeDB to backend my game, Vaerfel idle. It's an original idle mmorpg. We're almost at a point to where I'm comfortable asking for fundraising money for professional hooman-made art assets, etc.. Let me know what you think!
I did develop and operate a successful web3 marketplace with the full stack.. kubernetes, postgres, elastic search, risingwave, redis etc... imho for game dev go with @spacetime_db. Currently building an @PlayArtifact clone in godot and spacetimedb and its fun and painless
Unironically you can achieve this with a single rocket API and spacetimedb behind a loadbalancer.
We started concepting the game in July, and shipped it to the App Store before Halloween. 95% of the 3 month development time was spent developing the front-end client.
The backend was completely plug-and-play. It's genuinely shocking how easy SpacetimeDB made it to create a persistent open world.
SpacetimeDB — a database and server in one. Clients connect directly, run logic inside the DB. No Docker, no K8s, no ops bloat.
Used to power the entire backend of BitCraft, including real-time multiplayer.
It's time! I'm using SpacetimeDB to backend my game, Vaerfel idle. It's an original idle mmorpg. We're almost at a point to where I'm comfortable asking for fundraising money for professional hooman-made art assets, etc.. Let me know what you think!
I did develop and operate a successful web3 marketplace with the full stack.. kubernetes, postgres, elastic search, risingwave, redis etc... imho for game dev go with @spacetime_db. Currently building an @PlayArtifact clone in godot and spacetimedb and its fun and painless
Unironically you can achieve this with a single rocket API and spacetimedb behind a loadbalancer.
We started concepting the game in July, and shipped it to the App Store before Halloween. 95% of the 3 month development time was spent developing the front-end client.
The backend was completely plug-and-play. It's genuinely shocking how easy SpacetimeDB made it to create a persistent open world.
I couldn't resist! Heard about SpacetimeDB yesterday and had to vibe code a flight simulator. One hour in, it's completely multiplayer with a Rust + SpacetimeDB backend.
love you spacetimedb ❤️
For anyone who ever wanted to play with multiplayer try this platform out, its really amazing.
we've been looking at it since launch, one of our developers loves you guys so much
I couldn't resist! Heard about SpacetimeDB yesterday and had to vibe code a flight simulator. One hour in, it's completely multiplayer with a Rust + SpacetimeDB backend.
love you spacetimedb ❤️
For anyone who ever wanted to play with multiplayer try this platform out, its really amazing.
we've been looking at it since launch, one of our developers loves you guys so much
Old ideas. Brand new paradigm.
Serverless
SpacetimeDB is a serverless technology. That means you don't have to deal with machines, VMs, containers, or deployments. All you do is upload your module and we handle scaling, replicas, scheduling, data migration, and more.
ACID + Relational
SpacetimeDB is a genuine, general purpose relational database with ACID transactions. That means it's just as powerful as your old relational database and better performance is just an index declaration away. Imagine being able to query every single piece of live game data at run-time.
Built for speed
SpacetimeDB wasn't built in a vacuum. It's the system that powers our own large-scale MMORPG BitCraft. We designed it specifically for the performance requirements of games. That means extremely low latency (~100 us/Tx) and extremely high throughput (~100,000 Tx/s).
