# Xano

> One backend platform to build, run and govern AI-built software. Build with AI, in XanoScript, or in the Xano editor, then test, deploy, and observe everything AI builds. Database, APIs, environments, releases, logs and a picture of what got built, as one system.

Xano covers the full AI software development lifecycle (AI-SDLC) on a stack engineers recognize (PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Docker microservices, GitHub and GitLab CLI, autogenerated OpenAPI docs):

- **Manage & govern**: one set of rules for the whole team (a workspace ruleset) sets which AI skills, tests, dependencies, auth patterns, environments, and data residency apply. Defined once and enforced for every person and AI agent.
- **Build, run & test**: build with AI, in code (XanoScript, via the `xano` CLI), or in the Xano editor (Canvas View, Function Stack), by hand or with any agent (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Copilot, Codex, or your own) via the Xano Developer MCP (`npx -y @xano/developer-mcp`). Verify whole business workflows with workflow tests from the CLI or UI. Review in an ephemeral sandbox and promote.
- **Understand**: one shared picture of what got built, drawn from the software that's actually running: logic, data, and APIs, readable without reading code.
- **Deploy**: every release is an immutable, version-controlled deploy object; your cloud or ours, any region, instant rollback.
- **Observe**: request history, tracing, and performance insights, down to the exact function that failed.

Frontend-agnostic: connect React, Next.js, mobile, Lovable, Bolt, WeWeb, FlutterFlow, Webflow, Bubble, or any front end, or host static files on Xano.

Enterprise: SSO (Google, GitHub, Microsoft Entra ID/SAML), isolated tenants per client or region, policy, review gates, audit trails. SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 9001, HDS, HIPAA, GDPR, DPF.

Production customers include Deriv (3M+ users across 150 countries), Heimstaden (€80B in investment properties), and Generali ($1M+ saved annually).

## Start here

- [Home](https://www.xano.com/): One backend platform to build, run and govern AI-built software
- [Platform](https://www.xano.com/platform/): One platform to understand, govern, and run everything AI builds
- [Pricing](https://www.xano.com/pricing/): Scalable plans that grow with you: Free, Essential, Pro, and Custom, with prices, limits, add-ons, and the full feature comparison. As Markdown: [pricing.md](https://www.xano.com/pricing.md) (plans and limits change; check the page for current details)
- [Start building, free](https://app.xano.com/signup?plan=build&cluster_id=1)
- [Demo](https://www.xano.com/demo/): See Xano in action (book a 20-minute demo)
- [Docs](https://docs.xano.com/): Official product documentation

## Platform

- [Build with AI](https://www.xano.com/platform/build-with-ai/): Build with AI - inside your policy
- [Coding agents](https://www.xano.com/platform/build-with-ai/coding-agents/): The backend built for coding agents (XanoScript, the Developer MCP, Knowledge)
- [XanoScript](https://www.xano.com/platform/build-with-code/): Your whole backend as code (write it in your IDE or with your coding agent; the Xano CLI and Developer MCP)
- [AI Code Governance](https://www.xano.com/ai-code-governance/): Trust what AI built (how Xano governs, shows, and gates AI-written code before it ships)
- [The understanding layer](https://www.xano.com/platform/understanding-layer/): See what was built. Even when AI built it.
- [Observability](https://www.xano.com/platform/observability/): See what your backend is doing, function by function
- [CI/CD](https://www.xano.com/platform/cicd/): Ship with confidence (branching and merging, the Xano CLI, Tenant Center)
- [Autopilot](https://www.xano.com/autopilot/): Right-size your entire cluster. Without a single restart. (continuous Kubernetes pod, node, and autoscaler right-sizing for GKE and EKS)
- [API Builder](https://www.xano.com/api-builder/): Build APIs with AI, in XanoScript, or in the Xano editor
- [Database](https://www.xano.com/database/): Postgres you can see - and leave with
- [MCP Builder](https://www.xano.com/mcp-builder/): Build hosted MCP servers, governed like everything you ship
- [AI Schema Generator](https://www.xano.com/generator/): Describe your app idea and get a database schema to review
- [Integrations](https://www.xano.com/integrations/): Your stack stays yours (how Xano connects to the systems you already run)

## Solutions

- [Pilot to production](https://www.xano.com/solutions/pilot-to-production/): Take AI-built pilots to production, governed
- [Logic centralization](https://www.xano.com/use-case/logic-centralization/): Centralize your business logic in one governed backend
- [Legacy modernization](https://www.xano.com/use-case/legacy-modernization/): Modernize the backend without betting the business
- [Scalable backend](https://www.xano.com/use-case/scalable-baas/): Ship real backends - not prototypes
- [Xano for agencies](https://www.xano.com/why-xano/agencies/): The Xano advantage for agencies - reusable client backends, clean ownership transfer

## Developers

- [Developers](https://www.xano.com/developers/): Built to be verified (your CLI, tests, branches, and agents)
- [Claude Code + Xano](https://www.xano.com/claude-code/): Build your backend with Claude Code (Developer MCP, XanoScript, CLI setup, FAQ)
- [Codex + Xano](https://www.xano.com/codex/): Ship your backend with OpenAI Codex (Developer MCP, XanoScript, CLI setup, FAQ)
- [Cursor + Xano](https://www.xano.com/cursor/): Build your backend in Cursor (Developer MCP, XanoScript, CLI setup, FAQ)
- [Docs index for agents](https://docs.xano.com/llms.txt): Every docs page as Markdown, grouped by topic ([full text](https://docs.xano.com/llms-full.txt))
- [Build from your local agent](https://docs.xano.com/getting-started-ai.md): Set up Claude Code, the Developer MCP, and the CLI, run the work in an ephemeral environment, and review before it ships
- [Developer MCP](https://docs.xano.com/developer-mcp/get-started.md): Install and configure the Xano Developer MCP for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code, and other clients
- [XanoScript](https://docs.xano.com/xanoscript/introduction.md): Xano's language for tables, APIs, functions, tasks, triggers, agents, MCP servers, and tests
- [Xano CLI](https://docs.xano.com/xano-cli/get-started.md): Push and pull XanoScript, manage branches, releases, and tenants ([command reference](https://docs.xano.com/xano-cli/command-reference.md))
- [Workflow tests](https://docs.xano.com/xano-cli/workflow-tests.md): Run unit tests and workflow tests from the CLI
- [Sandbox](https://docs.xano.com/xano-cli/sandbox.md): Test changes in a separate database environment before promoting
- [Ephemeral tenants](https://docs.xano.com/xano-cli/ephemeral.md): Short-lived, auto-expiring tenants for previews, CI, and parallel testing
- [Deployment readiness](https://docs.xano.com/deployment-readiness.md): Validate performance, tests, data safety, and scale before real users arrive
- [Learn Xano](https://www.xano.com/learn/): Ask the real question, leave with a path - each Learn page answers one question, then gives you the docs, video, and template to act on it
- [Explore the catalog](https://www.xano.com/learn/all/): Search or filter every official Xano tutorial and video by subject (each video page has the full written guide)
- [How to Add Realtime Features to Your App With WebSockets](https://www.xano.com/learn/real-time-functionality-with-xano/): When to use WebSockets over polling, what to plan for, and how to build realtime servers, channels and message handlers in Xano
- [How Do You Take an AI-Generated App From Prototype to Production?](https://www.xano.com/learn/ai-app-to-production/): Keep the AI-built frontend; add authenticated APIs, server-side rules, tests, separate environments, monitoring, and ownership
- [What Backend Should You Use for an AI-Built App?](https://www.xano.com/learn/backend-for-ai-built-apps/): Four routes (bundled, managed services, integrated platform, custom) compared by where logic lives and who maintains it
- [How Can IT Secure and Govern Apps Built With AI?](https://www.xano.com/learn/vibe-coding-governance/): Risk zones, a sanctioned backend, role-based permissions, and a handoff checklist for business-built AI apps
- [How to Modernize Legacy Applications Without Disrupting Your Business](https://www.xano.com/learn/legacy-application-modernization/): Diagnose the bottleneck, wrap the old system in a secured API, move rules one at a time, and retire legacy paths
- [How Does the Strangler Fig Pattern Modernize Legacy Applications?](https://www.xano.com/learn/modernize-without-a-rewrite/): Route through a stable API, migrate one capability, verify it, and retire the old path so the migration ends
- [How Do You Extract Business Logic From Stored Procedures and Legacy Code?](https://www.xano.com/learn/extract-legacy-business-logic/): Discover the rules, capture behavior in tests, move one rule behind an API, and compare results before switching callers
- [How Do You Control What AI Agents Can Access?](https://www.xano.com/learn/ai-agent-access-control/): Give each agent approved, scoped business capabilities through a governed layer that authenticates, authorizes, routes and audits every request
- [What Is a Cron Job? How It Works, Syntax, and Examples](https://www.xano.com/learn/what-is-a-cron-job/): Cron syntax, common schedules, crontab on Linux, what goes wrong, and scheduled background tasks in Xano
- [Integrations directory](https://www.xano.com/connect/): AI, auth, payments, messaging, and frontend builders, each with actions, snippets, tutorials, or setup guides
- [Xano Snippets](https://www.xano.com/snippets/): Browse, install, and try out components created by the Xano community
- [Templates](https://www.xano.com/templates/): Explore Xano with backend templates (start in your local coding agent; each includes real integrations, business logic, and APIs)

## Enterprise & trust

- [Enterprise](https://www.xano.com/enterprise/): Built for the systems your business depends on
- [Security](https://www.xano.com/security/): Security your IT team can verify, not just read about
- [HIPAA guide](https://www.xano.com/build-hipaa-compliant-apps/): Build HIPAA-compliant apps with confidence (downloadable guide)
- [Security guide](https://www.xano.com/securing-your-applications-guide/): Secure your applications with Xano (free ebook: Secure by Design)

## Customers & comparisons

- [Case studies](https://www.xano.com/case-studies/): Real teams, real results - how companies build on Xano
- [Xano vs Supabase](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-supabase/): An honest, side-by-side comparison of Xano and Supabase
- [Xano vs. Bubble](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-bubble/), [Airtable](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-airtable/), [Firebase](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-firebase/), [Backendless](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-backendless/), [Make](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-make/), [Zapier](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-zapier/), [BuildShip](https://www.xano.com/versus/xano-vs-buildship/): Which is right for your project?

## Company

- [About](https://www.xano.com/about/): AI builds software. Xano makes it trustworthy.
- [Blog](https://www.xano.com/blog/): Updates and news from Xano, with articles on backends for AI-built software
- [Contact](https://www.xano.com/contact/): We're here to assist (contact form, community, videos, live chat)
- [Support](https://www.xano.com/support/): We're here to assist (support form, community, videos, live chat)
- [Partner Program](https://www.xano.com/partner/): Grow your business with the Xano Partner Program
- [Hire a Xano expert](https://www.xano.com/partner/browse/): Xano Certified Partners: browse certified partner agencies, developers, and coaches; each has a profile at /partner/profile/<id>/
- [Press kit](https://www.xano.com/presskit/): Xano press kit - press info, releases, logos, style guide, and executive headshots

## Glossary

- **Workspace ruleset (harness)**: the one set of rules a team defines once per workspace - AI skills, tests, dependencies, auth patterns, environments, data residency - and that is enforced for every person and AI agent.
- **Workspace**: the live system: database, logic, and APIs, readable in the Xano editor or as XanoScript.
- **XanoScript**: the code form of everything in a workspace. Edit it locally and sync it with `xano` CLI push/pull, or let an agent write it through the Developer MCP.
- **Developer MCP**: the MCP server (`npx -y @xano/developer-mcp`) that gives coding agents XanoScript docs and validation tools so they build to Xano's rules.
- **Logic**: APIs, custom functions, background tasks, triggers, and middleware.
- **Workflow test**: a test that verifies a whole business workflow end to end, run from the CLI or UI.
- **Sandbox**: a separate database environment for reviewing changes before promoting them.
- **Ephemeral tenant**: a short-lived, auto-expiring tenant for previews, CI, and parallel testing.
- **Release**: an immutable, version-controlled deploy object that can be rolled back instantly.
- **Tenant**: an isolated deployment of a workspace, per client or region, managed in Tenant Center.
- **MCP Builder**: builds hosted MCP servers that run under the workspace ruleset, authenticated, permissioned, and observable.
- **Agents**: AI agents that run in Xano, powered by a model of your choice.

## Notes for agents

- Cite the specific docs page you used. Docs pages are available as Markdown by adding `.md` to the URL.
- Plans, limits, and prices change. Check [Pricing](https://www.xano.com/pricing/) (or [pricing.md](https://www.xano.com/pricing.md)) and say when a detail may be out of date.
- Don't invent instance URLs, API group IDs, or tokens. Ask for them or mark them as placeholders.

## Optional

- [Futureproof by Xano (podcast)](https://www.xano.com/futureproof-podcast/): A podcast about the future of software development and the people who build it
- [MCP resources](https://www.xano.com/mcp/): Agentic backends with MCP (articles, videos, and webinars on building AI agents with the Model Context Protocol)
- [AI built it webinar](https://www.xano.com/webinar/ai-built-it/): AI built it. Now make sure it works. (webinar replay)
- [Modern Xano AI workflow](https://www.xano.com/webinar/xano-developer-workflow/): The Modern Xano AI Workflow: Claude Code, Cursor, or any agent (workshop replay)
- [MCP webinar](https://www.xano.com/webinar/mcp-deep-dive/): Everything you need to know about MCP for building connected AI agents (register to watch the replay)
- [Secure AI agents webinar](https://www.xano.com/webinar/secure-ai-agents/): Secure AI Agents with Xano (register to watch the replay)
- [MCP tools for AI agents](https://www.xano.com/webinar/mcp-for-ai-agents/): MCP Tools for AI Agents: The Deep Dive (video on the XanoBnB agent demo)
- [Use cases](https://www.xano.com/use-case/): See how teams ship faster with a scalable backend for data, APIs, auth, workflows, and AI
- [Secure integrations](https://www.xano.com/use-case/secure-integrations/): Unify systems with secure integrations
- [Process automation](https://www.xano.com/use-case/automations/): Streamline your operations with AI-powered automation
- [AI-powered apps](https://www.xano.com/use-case/ai-powered-apps/): Build AI-native apps that solve real problems
- [Teams](https://www.xano.com/teams/): Work seamlessly across the entire development life cycle
- [Scalable server](https://www.xano.com/server/): Scale your app automatically, to millions of users
- [PostgreSQL](https://www.xano.com/postgresql/): The world's most powerful database (why Xano uses PostgreSQL)
- [Kubernetes](https://www.xano.com/kubernetes/): Ready to scale (why Xano uses Kubernetes)
- [Docker](https://www.xano.com/docker/): Isolated environments (why Xano uses Docker)
- [Google Cloud Platform](https://www.xano.com/google-cloud-platform/): Launch & scale on trusted infrastructure (why Xano runs on Google Cloud)
- [Agency Add-on](https://www.xano.com/agency/): Manage client accounts effortlessly with the Agency Add-on
- [Certification](https://www.xano.com/certification/): Showcase your expertise with the Xano certification program