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Firebase, Inc.
Type of businessPrivate
FoundedSeptember 2011 (September 2011)[1]
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States[2]
Area servedGlobal
Founder(s)James Tamplin, Andrew Lee[3]
IndustryCloud computing
ProductsFirebase Database, Firebase Hosting, Firebase Simple Login
URLfirebase.com
LaunchedApril 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's primary product is a realtime database which provides an API that allows developers 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 realtime database and backend as a service. The service provides application developers an API that allows application data to be synchronized across clients and stored on Firebase's cloud.[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 files that do not change dynamically. The service delivers files over a content delivery network (CDN) through HTTP Secure (HTTPS) and Secure Sockets Layer encryption (SSL). Firebase partners with Fastly, a CDN, to provide the CDN backing Firebase Hosting. 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 can authenticate users using only client-side code. It supports social login providers Facebook, GitHub, Twitter and Google. Additionally, it includes a user management system where by developers can enable user authentication with email and password login stored with Firebase.[15]

Open Source Projects

Firepad

Firepad is an open source collaborative realtime editor. Released under the MIT License, Firepad is used by several editors, including the Atlassian Stash Realtime Editor and Koding.[16][17]

Firechat

Firechat is an open source realtime chat application. It is released under the MIT License.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Firebase - CrunchBase". CrunchBase. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Contact Us". Firebase, Inc. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |DUPLICATE_publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Firebase - AngelList". AngelList. Retrieved Jun 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Developers, Meet Firebase!". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Firebase.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  6. ^ Metz, Cade. "'Firebase' Does for Apps What Dropbox Did for Docs". Wired (magazine).
  7. ^ Melendez, Steven (May 27, 2014). "Sometimes You're Just One Hop From Something Huge". Fast Company (magazine). Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Darrow, Barb (June 6, 2013). "Firebase gets $5.6M to launch its paid product and fire up its base". Gigaom. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  9. ^ Farr, Christina (February 13, 2013). "Firebase's scalable backend makes it '10 times easier' to build apps". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  10. ^ Marshall, Matt (August 29, 2013). "Firebase is building a Dropbox for developers". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  11. ^ "Firebase Integrations". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (May 13, 2014). "Firebase Adds Web Hosting To Its Database Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  14. ^ Novet, Jordan (May 13, 2014). "Firebase adds hosting to make app development even easier". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  15. ^ "Firebase Simple Login Overview". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  16. ^ Metz, Cade (04.09.13). "How to Build Your Own Google Docs (Without Google)". Wired (magazine). Retrieved June 12, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ "Firepad - An open source collaborative code and text editor". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  18. ^ "Firechat - open source realtime chat built on Firebase". Firebase, Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
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