Self-Hosted Supabase Studio and Vercel Alternatives on One 2GB VPS
A guide demonstrates how to self-host Supabase Studio and open-source alternatives to Vercel (such as Coolify or Dokploy) on a single 2GB VPS, enabling developers to run these services independently without relying on cloud providers.
Background
- **Supabase** is an open-source Firebase alternative: a backend-as-a-service that provides a database, authentication, file storage, and an admin UI called **Supabase Studio**. "Self-hosting" Supabase Studio means running that admin interface on your own server rather than using their cloud service.
- **Vercel** is a popular cloud platform for deploying front-end web apps (especially Next.js). People are looking for **self-hosted alternatives** to avoid vendor lock-in, high costs at scale, or to keep data on their own infrastructure.
- This GitHub repo shows a working setup that runs both a Supabase-like backend and a Vercel-like deployment service on a single **2GB VPS** (virtual private server — a low-end cloud server costing roughly $5–10/month). The "2GB" refers to RAM, which is a tight constraint.
- The significance: it demonstrates that a solo developer or small team can replicate two major commercial cloud services on minimal hardware, challenging the assumption that you need expensive infrastructure or complex multi-server setups to self-host modern web app tooling.