Firebase is a hosted service designed specifically for building real-time, collaborative applications. As a hosted, API-driven service it's easy to get started with and it handles scaling automatically. We're especially focused on keeping the API clean and easy to use. You won't need to worry about the mechanics of connecting to servers, long-polling, websockets, etc. Just drop in the library and go.

Real-time is at the core of Firebase -- it's designed to sync data fast enough that it's suitable for a whole new class of applications: multiplayer games, collaborative whiteboards, location services, and messaging apps.

Firebase is also designed for use across platforms and devices. Our JavaScript library supports the full featureset of our iOS and server libraries, so you can build apps that can communicate easily in real-time between the web and native mobile.