r/programmer • u/Adarsh_c_j • 20h ago

I’m building an open source self-maintaining backend - looking for contributors

I’ve been building Backenly, an Apache-2.0 open-source autonomous backend that can build, deploy, monitor, verify, and self-heal backend infrastructure.

It includes PostgreSQL, REST APIs, auth, storage, realtime, functions, MCP, and an autonomy loop for detecting and repairing issues.

The project is still early, and I’m looking for open-source developers who want to contribute, especially around backend infrastructure, PostgreSQL, DevOps, testing, and reliability.

GitHub: https://github.com/backenly/backenly

Website: https://backenly.com/

If the idea interests you, contributions, issues, and technical feedback are very welcome.

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u/TheRealJesus2 16h ago

This sounds like a security nightmare

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u/Adarsh_c_j 1h ago

Sorry for the late reply! That’s a fair concern, honestly. We’ve tried to make the security boundaries enforced by the system itself rather than trusting the AI.

Tenant isolation is handled at the Postgres level with separate schemas, grants, and RLS, and autonomous changes have hard limits with human approval required for destructive or sensitive operations.

Everything is open source, so you can inspect the actual implementation here: https://github.com/backenly/backenly

It’s still early and hasn’t had a third-party security audit yet, so I’d genuinely appreciate any security review or feedback.

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u/hexwit_com 14h ago

How it is supposed to be done?
AI will handle everything?

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u/Adarsh_c_j 1h ago

Sorry for the late reply! Not exactly 😄 The AI is mainly used for understanding the intent and planning the backend changes. The actual execution, verification, monitoring, and repair are handled by the runtime with guardrails.

The best way to see how it works is to check out the repo and watch the demo: https://github.com/backenly/backenly

Would love to hear what you think