SD10 Nora by SD10

Nora is a Firebase abstraction layer for FirebaseDatabase and FirebaseStorage

firebasefirebase-databasefirebasestorageswift3swiftnetworkingdatabaseopen-source
Verdict 55/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 8.1 years ago

Self-host SD10 Nora on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
55 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
269
26 forks

About SD10 Nora

From the project's README at github.com/SD10/Nora. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Nora is a Firebase abstraction layer for working with FirebaseDatabase and FirebaseStorage.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
59
maturity
70
community
63
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
20

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 269 github.com/SD10/Nora
GitHub forks 26 github.com/SD10/Nora

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age9.1 yearssince Apr 2017
Last commit7.9 years agoJun 19, 2018
Releases shipped5last: 8.1 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host SD10 Nora?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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