Hey everyone 👋
A couple months ago, I started a side project using Supabase — nothing huge, just experimenting. I left it idle for a bit (life happens), and when I came back, it had been paused due to inactivity. After 90 days, there’s no restoring from the dashboard. You have to download a backup and start again.
That’s when I built KeepMySupabaseAlive.
💡 What It Does
KeepMySupabaseAlive is a simple service that keeps your Supabase project alive by pinging it on a set schedule.
🛠 Key features:
- Add your Supabase Public URL and Anon key
- Set a custom ping frequency
- Monitor your connection with a clean dashboard (ping logs, success rate, status)
- Manually test your connection anytime
You can check it out here: keepmysupabasealive.com
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⚙️ The Stack
- Next.js 15 – App router, server components
- Tailwind CSS – UI styling
- ShadCN UI – For fast, consistent components
- Supabase – Auth and DB (of course)
- Vercel – Hosting the app
- Cron jobs – Managed through
🚧 What I Learned
- Supabase has great docs, but you have to read the fine print on project inactivity.
- Next.js 15's App Router feels really natural once you lean into server components.
- UX really matters — especially for dev tools. The ping success chart was a small detail but ended up being super helpful for users.
🧠 What’s Next
Here’s what I’m planning next for KeepMySupabaseAlive:
- 💾 Automatic Supabase backups — schedule exports of your data as a safety net
- 📈 Advanced monitoring — more insights into downtime, ping response times, and anomalies
- ✉️ Slack / Email notifications — get alerted if something’s not working
- 👥 Team/shared dashboards — let multiple devs manage and view connections
- 🧪 Detailed ping logs — including response codes and error messages
- ⚙️ Custom ping intervals — go beyond presets and set intervals in hours/minutes
- 🛠 Priority support — for power users or small teams running multiple projects
🙌 Feedback?
I’d love your feedback on:
- The tool itself
- How I’ve built it (Next.js 15 tips welcome!)
- What features you’d expect if you were using something like this for your own dev environment
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