InstantDB

aid: instantdb
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instantdb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: InstantDB
kind: company
description: InstantDB (Instant) is a realtime client-side database and Firebase
  alternative that gives apps a sync engine with multiplayer, offline mode, and
  optimistic updates by default. It exposes an HTTP Admin API (api.instantdb.com)
  for server-side InstaQL queries and InstaML transactions, plus auth, storage,
  presence, and a realtime WebSocket sync layer.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Database
- Realtime
- Sync
- Backend
- Local First
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: instantdb:instantdb-admin-http-api
  name: InstantDB Admin HTTP API
  tags:
  - Admin
  - HTTP
  - Backend
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
  baseURL: https://api.instantdb.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/instantdb-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/instantdb.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Server-side HTTP Admin API at api.instantdb.com, authenticated with
    a Bearer admin token and an App-Id header, that bypasses permissions to run
    InstaQL queries, InstaML transactions, auth, storage, and presence operations.
- aid: instantdb:instantdb-query-instaql-api
  name: InstantDB Query (InstaQL) API
  tags:
  - Query
  - InstaQL
  - Read
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/instaql
  baseURL: https://api.instantdb.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/instaql
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/instantdb-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/instantdb.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Reads data with InstaQL, Instant's relational GraphQL-like query
    language, via POST /admin/query - returning nested entities in a single
    round trip with optional rule parameters.
- aid: instantdb:instantdb-transactions-instaml-api
  name: InstantDB Transactions (InstaML) API
  tags:
  - Transactions
  - InstaML
  - Write
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/instaml
  baseURL: https://api.instantdb.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/instaml
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/instantdb-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/instantdb.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Writes, updates, links, and deletes data with InstaML transaction
    steps via POST /admin/transact, applied atomically as an admin that bypasses
    permission rules.
- aid: instantdb:instantdb-auth-api
  name: InstantDB Auth API
  tags:
  - Auth
  - Tokens
  - Magic Code
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/auth
  baseURL: https://api.instantdb.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/auth
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/instantdb-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/instantdb.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Server-side auth - mint refresh tokens, create/send/verify magic
    codes, look up and delete users, and sign users out - over /admin/refresh_tokens,
    /admin/magic_code, /admin/users, and related endpoints.
- aid: instantdb:instantdb-storage-api
  name: InstantDB Storage API
  tags:
  - Storage
  - Files
  - Uploads
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/storage
  baseURL: https://api.instantdb.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/storage
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/instantdb-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/instantdb.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Uploads, lists, and deletes files in Instant's object storage via
    PUT /admin/storage/upload, the $files query namespace, and the storage delete
    endpoints, with files surfaced as first-class entities.
- aid: instantdb:instantdb-realtime-sync-api
  name: InstantDB Realtime Sync API
  tags:
  - Realtime
  - WebSocket
  - Sync
  - Presence
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.instantdb.com/essays/architecture
  baseURL: wss://api.instantdb.com/runtime/session
  properties:
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/essays/architecture
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/presence-and-topics
    type: APIReference
  - url: asyncapi/instantdb-asyncapi.yml
    type: AsyncAPI
  description: The realtime sync transport - a persistent WebSocket at
    wss://api.instantdb.com/runtime/session over which the client Reactor sends
    init, add-query, transact, and presence ops and the server streams query
    novelty (refresh-ok), presence, and broadcasts back to subscribers.
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/instantdb
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instantdb
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instantdb.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs
- type: Plans
  url: plans/instantdb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/instantdb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/instantdb-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com