nhost/nhost is an open-source backend platform that positions itself as a Firebase alternative. It layers authentication and storage on top of a PostgreSQL database and exposes that SQL data through a GraphQL API and related backend services. The latest release on record is the dashboard package @nhost/dashboard@3.8.0, and the changes bundled into that version are not specified.
The stack is broad. The README lists PostgreSQL, an instant GraphQL API based on Hasura (an API generated straight from the database schema), Auth, Storage, Node.js Serverless Functions, the Nhost CLI and an MCP server. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard protocol AI uses to communicate with external tools. Ways of operating split into the Nhost Hosted Platform, CLI-based local development and self-hosting the whole stack. Nhost states it works with any frontend framework. The implementation language is TypeScript, the license is MIT, the repository was created on 2021-02-09 and it has 9363 stars.
That said, there is no comparison material. No performance figures or data against other backends are presented, and among the evaluation scores only the momentum item is given, at 2.1 out of 10, while the other three items have no values. The phrase 'Firebase alternative' is the project's own claim in the repository description and README. For teams looking to self-host the assembled stack, it seems within worth checking out, but it is too early to assert that this configuration is superior, or to judge how much @nhost/dashboard@3.8.0 improves things.