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Jackett vs Supabase

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Jackett and Supabase — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Jackett vs Supabase: at a glance

FeatureJackettSupabase
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs, DevOps
Velocity score5.00.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesindexer-definitions, tracker-maintenance, daily-releases, selector-repairsecure-defaults, breaking-changes, row-level-security, postgrest
Last editorial update1h ago12d ago
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What is Jackett?

Jackett ships daily, and every release is tracker definitions chasing sites that moved

Jackett cuts a release most mornings, each one a batch of indexer definition edits generated straight from the commit log. The work is uniform: new alternate domains for trackers that relocated, category mappings added or corrected, selectors repaired after a site changed its markup, and the occasional indexer removed when it goes dark. Recent releases also switched two trackers to API key authentication and added a public DHT crawler to another.

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What is Supabase?

Supabase is closing its most-exploited default: tables stop being public unless you say so.

The last month is dominated by tightening defaults rather than adding surface. New tables in the public schema will no longer be auto-exposed to the Data and GraphQL APIs, pg_graphql stops being enabled by default, and the OAuth token endpoint is being corrected to return 200 per OAuth 2.1. Alongside that, custom OAuth/OIDC providers landed for Auth and an RLS Tester entered preview.

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Jackett vs Supabase: editorial side-by-side

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Jackett
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Jackett ships daily, and every release is tracker definitions chasing sites that moved

◆ Current state

Jackett cuts a release most mornings, each one a batch of indexer definition edits generated straight from the commit log. The work is uniform: new alternate domains for trackers that relocated, category mappings added or corrected, selectors repaired after a site changed its markup, and the occasional indexer removed when it goes dark. Recent releases also switched two trackers to API key authentication and added a public DHT crawler to another.

◆ Where it's heading

Nothing about the application itself is changing in this window — the engine is stable and the product is the definition catalog. That makes the cadence a maintenance signal rather than a development one: the release rate tracks how fast the tracker ecosystem churns its domains and layouts, not how fast Jackett is building. The only structural movement is individual trackers migrating from scraped HTML to native APIs, which reduces the breakage surface where it happens.

◆ Prediction

Expect the daily definition-maintenance cadence to hold unchanged, since it is driven by external site churn rather than a roadmap. Further trackers moving to torznab or API key authentication would gradually cut the selector-repair volume.

Supabase logo
Supabase
INFRA · APISDEVOPS
0.0

Supabase is closing its most-exploited default: tables stop being public unless you say so.

◆ Current state

The last month is dominated by tightening defaults rather than adding surface. New tables in the public schema will no longer be auto-exposed to the Data and GraphQL APIs, pg_graphql stops being enabled by default, and the OAuth token endpoint is being corrected to return 200 per OAuth 2.1. Alongside that, custom OAuth/OIDC providers landed for Auth and an RLS Tester entered preview.

◆ Where it's heading

Supabase is paying down the security cost of its own convenience. Auto-exposing every public-schema table made the product fast to start with and easy to misconfigure; the fix is explicit Postgres grants, staged over six months from new projects in April to all existing projects on October 30. The RLS Tester is the same theme from the other side — the auto-exposure default only worked if row-level security was correct, and until now there was no way to check.

◆ Prediction

Expect the remaining rollout dates to hold and more of the developer experience to be rebuilt around explicit grants, with the RLS Tester graduating from preview as it becomes the tool people need to verify the new model. The October cutover for existing projects is the moment where this stops being an announcement and starts breaking things.

Alternatives to Jackett and Supabase

Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Jackett or Supabase.

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Recent activity from Jackett and Supabase

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 1d agoJackettTimezone fix, request delay and an anime category across four trackers
  2. 2d agoJackettNew domains for several trackers plus a public DHT crawler
  3. 3d agoJackettOne tracker removed, selectors and alternate domains corrected
  4. 4d agoJackettFourteen category mappings added and two trackers move to API keys
  5. 5d agoJackettDomain bumps, a new private tracker and category housekeeping
  6. 6d agoJackettCategory update and two domain bumps
  7. 3mo agoSupabaseDeprecation Notice: Dropping Support for Node.js 20
  8. 3mo agoSupabaseDeveloper Update - May 2026
  9. 3mo agoSupabaseBreaking Change: OAuth token endpoint will return HTTP 200 instead of 201
  10. 3mo agoSupabaseBreaking Change: Tables not exposed to Data and GraphQL API automatically
  11. 3mo agoSupabaseFragment of the no-auto-expose announcement
  12. 3mo agoSupabaseFeature Preview: RLS Tester

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Jackett and Supabase?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Jackett is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Jackett better than Supabase?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Jackett is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Jackett?

Top Jackett alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Jackett alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/jackett for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Supabase?

Top Supabase alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Supabase alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/supabase for the full list with editorial commentary on each.