Use this whenever a project needs a real relational database but doesn't justify paying for hosting, Supabase's free tier is a genuine Postgres instance, not a limited toy version.
Steps
- Sign up free at supabase.com, either GitHub or email, no card required.
- Create an organization (just a label, pick "Personal" as the type, "Free" as the plan).
- Create a new project inside that org, give it a name, pick a region close to you, and set a database password. Copy that password immediately, it's shown only once.
- Wait a minute or two while it provisions.
- Go to SQL Editor, paste your schema, run it once to create your tables.
- Go to Table Editor to browse, filter, and manually edit rows any time, no separate tool needed.
Gotcha
Skip the GitHub integration field during project creation unless you actually want your schema version-controlled through a repo, it's optional and won't create anything on its own if left untouched.
Quick reference
To connect an external tool (like an automation platform) to this database, don't use the raw "Direct connection" host shown by default, see the separate note on fixing "host not found" for why, and use the Session Pooler connection instead.