Developers
Guides for app authors building on Nimbus: tutorials that teach the platform and how-to guides for getting specific things done. Start with the developer quickstart if you have not run Nimbus yet, then build your first app.
Platform guides
Section titled “Platform guides”- Build your first app: a complete tutorial with schema, functions, and live queries.
- Authenticate users: wire an identity provider into your functions.
- Node.js runtime: use
"use node"actions, packages, and bundling. - Building for AI agents? Sandboxes, services, and sessions have their own Agents section.
Adapter guides
Section titled “Adapter guides”Each protocol surface has a front door, and the ported-source surfaces
(Convex, Firestore, Cloud Functions) add a migration guide. Every server
serves these surfaces by default, and nimbus dev detects which one your app
uses and wires the app to it automatically. Not sure which to reach for?
Adapters explains what a front door is and compares
them side by side.
- Convex: learn the Convex function model, schema, and clients. You can also migrate a Convex app or browse example apps.
- Firestore: use Firestore SDKs against Nimbus. You can also migrate a Firebase app or browse example apps.
- Cloud Functions: run Cloud Functions workloads. You can also migrate or browse an example bundle.
- MongoDB: connect official MongoDB drivers. See driver recipes and example apps.
- DynamoDB: point AWS SDK clients at Nimbus. Browse an example app.
- Native API: use plain HTTP and WebSocket from any language without an SDK. Browse example apps.
The full per-surface compatibility matrices live in the Reference section.