Vela is a self-hostable, serverless Postgres development platform. Built on a high-performance distributed storage layer, it provides instant database branching, independent scaling of compute and storage, and enterprise-grade access control — all deployable in your own cloud. Enterprise-grade features and toolkit developers love in one product.
Vela Studio is the web interface for managing projects, databases, and resources across your Vela environment.
- Self-Hosted Postgres Database
- Authentication and Authorization
- Full Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
- Auto-generated APIs
- REST
- GraphQL
- Realtime subscriptions
- Functions
- Database Functions
- Edge Functions
- File Storage
- AI + Vector / Embeddings Toolkit
- Dashboard
Vela brings Git-like workflows to Postgres databases.
Developers and platform teams can instantly clone, branch, and test production-grade databases without complex infrastructure setup.
Use Vela to:
- Clone production databases in seconds
- Run isolated QA, CI/CD, or staging environments
- Test schema changes and migrations safely
- Scale compute, RAM, and IOPS independently
- Integrate RBAC, IAM, and observability in one place
Learn more at vela.simplyblock.io
- Postgres is a proven, object-relational database system known for reliability, feature depth, and performance.
- [Realtime] provides WebSocket-based subscriptions to Postgres inserts, updates, and deletes.
- PostgREST turns your PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API.
- [Keycloak] centralized authentication and identity provider, shared globally across all organizations and projects
- Storage distributed copy-on-write high-perfromance block storage layer.
- [pg_graphql] exposes a GraphQL API directly from your Postgres schema.
- postgres-meta provides administrative APIs to manage Postgres objects such as tables and roles.
- Kong serves as a cloud-native API gateway for routing and access control.
The easiest way to get started is through Vela Cloud.
Free tier available — no credit card required.
Find help, explore resources, or get involved with the Vela community.
- Open an Issue – Report bugs or suggest improvements
- Start a Discussion – Share feedback and feature ideas, ask questions, share ideas, and connect with other users
- Contribute Code – Submit pull requests following our contribution guidelines
We welcome contributions of all kinds — from documentation improvements and bug fixes to new features and integrations.