PocketBase + SvelteKit (Static) Project Template

Welcome to the PocketBase + SvelteKit project template! This template allows you to effortlessly create a single Docker container housing both the backend (PocketBase) and frontend (SvelteKit) for your projects. With a minimal image size of just 55 MB, it's perfect for cost-effective hosting providers and projects without extensive public pages that require SEO.

Project Structure

• pocketbase/: Backend files, including hooks and migrations.
• sveltekit/: SvelteKit project with preconfigured routes /login, /register, and an auth-protected group (auth). In production builds, frontend files are copied as pb_public to the PocketBase container.

Features

• Frontend configured with adapter-static (SPA mode), disabling server-side rendering for a streamlined production setup.
• Client-side session management is preconfigured.
• Multi-stage Dockerfile for running PocketBase in dev mode (mounting hooks and migrations to the host).
• Bun is used for frontend development and building.
• GitHub workflow build.yaml could be manually triggered to push the docker image to ghcr.io

Usage

1. Run dev PocketBase server: docker compose -f compose.dev.yaml up.
2. Run frontend dev server with bun or npm.
3. Use PUBLIC_POCKETBASE_URL env variable if your PocketBase server is not accessible at localhost:8090.
4. For production, use docker compose -f compose.prod.yaml up or build the Docker image with target prod first.

Dockerfile Details

• Multistage build with targets:
  • base: Used for the dev server with all PocketBase directories mounted.
  • prod: Used for the production build, embedding frontend, hooks, and migrations into the image.

SSR and Authorization

• SSR is disabled for simplified deployment, sacrificing SEO features.
• Authorization is handled on the client side. Note, users can fetch all frontend resources, including pre-rendered pages and JS bundles. Sensitive information must be served from PocketBase.

How to add Tailwind CSS?

cd sveltekit
bunx @svelte-add/tailwindcss@latest
bun install

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to PocketBase, SvelteKit, and the authors of other PocketBase-SvelteKit templates (1, 2).

Contact

If you have any questions or feedback, please use the GitHub Issues page.

Roadmap

• Production docker compose file
• Rewrite readme
• PocketBase & SvelteKit shared .ts types
• Subscribe to realtime DB updates
• Add lib/pocketbase.js documentation
• Redirect to ?next= on login
• Run formatter and linter