Instant is the Modern Firebase. With Instant you can easily build realtime and collaborative apps like Notion or Figma.

Curious about what it's all about? Try a demo. Have questions? Join us on discord!

And if you're ready, follow the quick start below to build a live app in less than 5 minutes!

Quick start

To use Instant in a brand new project, fire up your terminal and run the following command. Select Next.js as the framework.

npx create-instant-app instant-demo
cd instant-demo

Create a new app and add your app ID to the .env file:

NEXT_PUBLIC_INSTANT_APP_ID=<YOUR_APP_ID_HERE>

Start up the development server:

npm run dev

Go to localhost:3000, aand huzzah 🎉 You've got your first Instant web app running! Check out the Working with data section to learn more about how to use Instant :)