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Thanks!

I don't know about migrating my current project, but I'll definitely try Gel for a future project.

>Total TypeSafety enforced at all levels, built-in migrations engine, best in class access control (we'll be blogging about our access control vs RLS soon.)

Very very cool.

If I just dump my Supabase project's Postgres DB can I load the SQL into Gel and have everything work. Or would I need to setup the schema.

Ultimately I'm just looking for an open source alternative to firebase-> while amazing, I can't exactly claim to have an open source project that requires a closed source service.

Last question, Supabase heavily pushes the use of Captchas if you use any anonymous authentication. Does Gel also suggest this. Notably Firebase doesn't care, which makes it much easier on end users.

Imagine having to solve a captcha to browse Amazon and add products to your cart, you'd probably just use something else.

Ok, just one more question! How is your SDK support. JavaScript is a given, but Godot support would be nice.

> If I just dump my Supabase project's Postgres DB can I load the SQL into Gel and have everything work. Or would I need to setup the schema.

Currently you have to define your schema in Gel [1] and then write scripts to port your Postgres data into Gel. It's cumbersome, we know, we'll be working on improving the migration flow.

> Last question, Supabase heavily pushes the use of Captchas if you use any anonymous authentication. Does Gel also suggest this. Notably Firebase doesn't care, which makes it much easier on end users.

We don't have captchas implemented, but when we do, it will be an opt-in configuration option.

> Ok, just one more question! How is your SDK support. JavaScript is a given, but Godot support would be nice.

Golang? We have a great Go client [2].

[1] https://docs.geldata.com/reference/datamodel

[2] https://github.com/geldata/gel-go

Godot is a game engine. https://godotengine.org

Supabase has unofficial support.

https://github.com/supabase-community/godot-engine.supabase/...

Thanks for responding! I'm about 60% done with my current project so I don't think I'll be up to migrate( again, originally I started with Firebase), but I still definitely consider Gel for future projects.

Or if I ever interview with your team( hiring? ) I'll migrate my existing project and document the process.

> Godot is a game engine. https://godotengine.org

Yeah, I knew that, and precisely because of that I assumed it's a typo :)

We have a native Python client. We can take a look if it works from Godot. Do you know if this is a popular use case?

I don't think Python code really works with Godot. The syntax is similar, but it's a completely different language.

I think Godot is moderately popular, but I can't imagine you'll see a giant uptick in paying clients from adding it.

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