# Nhost

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nhost/  
**Website:** https://nhost.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 14

Nhost is an open-source Firebase alternative that provides a fully managed backend platform built on PostgreSQL, GraphQL, and modern open-source tools. Developers get instant REST and GraphQL APIs auto-generated from their database schema, along with authentication supporting email/password, OAuth, magic links, WebAuthn, and one-time passwords. The platform includes S3- compatible file storage with CDN delivery and image transformation, serverless functions deployable as HTTP endpoints, and real-time GraphQL subscriptions. Nhost also offers a local development CLI, GitHub-based automated deployments, an AI toolkit with auto-embeddings and assistants, and managed container services—enabling teams to launch production-ready backends without infrastructure management.

## Kin Score — 41.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 62.7 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 57.9 |
| Access Clarity | 57.9 |

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (14)

- **Nhost GraphQL API** — Instant, real-time GraphQL API auto-generated from PostgreSQL database schemas via Hasura. Supports queries, mutations, and live subscriptions with row- and column-level role-ba...
- **Nhost Serverless Functions API** — Deploy JavaScript and TypeScript serverless functions as HTTP API endpoints for webhooks, event triggers, and custom backend logic. Each file in the functions directory becomes ...
- **Nhost AI API** — AI toolkit providing GraphQL-based assistant management, auto-embeddings, session handling, and file stores. Enables developers to turn any Nhost project into an agentic service...
- **Nhost authentication API** — User authentication operations including sign-in, sign-up, and various authentication methods (email/password, passwordless, OAuth, WebAuthn, MFA)
- **Nhost documentation API** — API documentation
- **Nhost excludeme API** — These operations are not intended to be used directly by clients and should be excluded from client SDKs
- **Nhost files API** — File management operations
- **Nhost operations API** — Administrative operations
- **Nhost security API** — Security-related operations including Personal Access Tokens, WebAuthn management, account elevation, and account linking
- **Nhost session API** — Session management operations including token refresh, verification, and sign-out
- **Nhost storage API** — Storage operations and presigned URLs
- **Nhost system API** — System operations including health checks, service version, and public key endpoints
- **Nhost user API** — User profile and account management operations including email/password changes, MFA configuration, and profile updates
- **Nhost verification API** — Email and ticket verification operations for confirming user actions

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nhost Agentic Access** — 54 operations · 39 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Nhost Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Nhost Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Nhost Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Nhost Trust Center** — SOC 2, HIPAA

## Plans (1)

- **Nhost Plans Pricing**

## Tags

GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Authentication, File Storage, Serverless Functions, Real-Time, Open-Source, Firebase Alternative, Backend-as-a-Service

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nhost/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.