Firebase
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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2011[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
| Area served | Global |
| Founder(s) | James Tamplin, Andrew Lee[3] |
| Industry | Cloud computing |
| Products | Firebase Database, Firebase Hosting, Firebase Simple Login |
| URL | firebase.com |
| Launched | April 2012[4] |
Firebase is a cloud services provider and backend as a service company based in San Francisco, California. The company makes a number of products for software developers building mobile or web applications. Firebase was founded in 2011 by Andrew Lee and James Tamplin and launched it's first service, a realtime cloud database, in April 2012. [6]
Firebase primary product is a realtime database which provides an API to store and sync data across multiple clients.
History
Firebase evolved from Envolve, a prior startup founded by Tamplin and Lee in 2011. Envolve provided developers an API that let them integrate online chat into their websites. After releasing the chat service, Tamplin and Lee found that the service was being used to pass application data that wasn't chat messages. Developers were using Envolve to sync application data like game state in realtime across their users. Tamplin and Lee decided to separate the chat system and the real-time architecture that powered it, founding Firebase as a separate company in April 2012.[7]
Firebase raised $1.4 million in seed funding in May 2012 from Flybridge Capital Partners, Greylock Partners, NEA and others. The company raised $5.6 million in Series A funding from Union Square Ventures and Flybridge Capital Partners in June 2013.[8]
Services
Realtime Database
Firebase provides a real-time database as a service, this service can be used in place of a server for both realtime applications such as collaboration tools, social networking applications, multiplayer games and chat clients as well as for applications that do not require real-time features.[9][10] The company provides client libraries that enable integration with Android, iOS, JavaScript, Java, Objective-C and Node.js applications. The database is also accessible through bindings for several JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS, React, Ember.js and Backbone.js.[11] Developers using the realtime database can secure their data by using the companies server side enforced security rules.[12]
Hosting
Firebase Hosting is a static asset web hosting service that launched on May 13, 2014. It supports hosting static files such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript and other content like image and video files. The service delivers files over a content delivery network (CDN) through HTTP Secure (HTTPS) and Secure Sockets Layer encryption (SSL). Firebase uses Fastly, a CDN, to achive a global footprint. The company states that Firebase Hosting grew out of customer requests, developers were using Firebase for it's real-time database but needed a place to host their content.[13][14]
Simple Login
Firebase Simple Login is a service that allows developers to authenticate users using only client-side code. It supports authentication with Facebook, GitHub, Twitter and Google services. It also includes a user management system where by developers can enable user authentication with a email and password stored with Firebase.[15]
Open Source Projects
Firepad
Firechat
References
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- ^ Melendez, Steven (May 27, 2014). "Sometimes You're Just One Hop From Something Huge". Fast Company (magazine). Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ Darrow, Barb (June 6, 2013). "Firebase gets $5.6M to launch its paid product and fire up its base". Gigaom. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ Farr, Christina (February 13, 2013). "Firebase's scalable backend makes it '10 times easier' to build apps". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Marshall, Matt (August 29, 2013). "Firebase is building a Dropbox for developers". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Firebase Integrations". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Darrow, Barb (DEC. 18, 2012). "Firebase secures its real-time back-end service". Gigaom. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Lardinois, Frederic (May 13, 2014). "Firebase Adds Web Hosting To Its Database Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Novet, Jordan (May 13, 2014). "Firebase adds hosting to make app development even easier". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Firebase Simple Login Overview". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2014.