Your app's backend, on your own computer.

Self-hosting without the sysadmin work. ownbackend runs your app's database, sign-in, files and live updates on a computer you already own, gives it a public HTTPS address like https://your-app.ownbackend.app, and keeps it safe, backed up and watched.

Join the waitlist How it works

Invite-only while we build with our first users.

No sysadmin work

No server to rent, no router ports to open, no certificates to renew. Your AI agent sets it up, and we email you if your app goes offline.

Security on by default

HTTPS for every app, data private unless your app needs it public, and no admin access from the internet. On Linux, a sandbox keeps the backend away from your other files.

Backups that run themselves

Every day, encrypted on your computer with a code only you have. We keep the last seven and can't read them. Restore on any computer.

Built for AI agents

Describe your app in plain words. Your agent creates the backend, designs the data and who may see it, and builds the app.

How it works

Your computer runs the backend. One program for Linux, macOS or Windows, installed without admin rights.
It connects out to our relay. So there's nothing to set up on your router.
Visitors reach your app at its own address. If your computer is off, they see a clear "offline right now" page, and you get an email.

Your app is online while your computer is on. Keep it plugged in, or run it on a computer that stays on.

Coming next

Move in one click from your laptop to an always-on computer, data and address included.
One account for the rest: sending email and SMS, custom domains and more as add-ons, with no other providers to sign up for.
Backups on your own computer, if you'd rather keep them at home.

Building with an AI agent?

Point it at https://ownbackend.com/llms.txt. Everything it needs is in the docs, and it can create and shape your backend through ownbackend's MCP server.

curl -fsSL https://ownbackend.com/install.sh | sh

Join the waitlist

We're inviting builders a few at a time. Leave your email and we'll write when there's room for you.