Manifest

A backend so simple that it fits into 1 YAML file

Manifest is the simplest backend you can find:

# manifest/backend.yml
name: Healthcare application 🏥

entities:
  Doctor 👩🏾‍⚕️:
    properties:
      - fullName
      - avatar
      - { name: price, type: money, options: { currency: EUR } }
    belongsTo:
      - City

  Patient 🤒:
    properties:
      - fullName
      - { name: birthdate, type: date }
    belongsTo:
      - Doctor

  City 🌍:
    properties:
      - name

Key features

• ⚡ Develop 10x faster comparing to traditional approaches
• 😎 Super-easy syntax easy to read and version control
• 🕊️ Self-hosted free open source software

Getting started

Simply run this terminal command to add Manifest locally:

npx add-manifest

[!NOTE]
Manifest is on BETA. We would love to have your feedback! If something does not work as expected, please open a Github issue. For any other thing, let us know through The Manifest Discord channel.

Product roadmap

Our mission is to enable developers of all experience levels to create and share innovative solutions. As an open source product, we continuously improve Manifest through community collaboration. After our successful PoC, we are further developing the product with your feedback. Here are the upcoming features:

Feature	Description	Release date	Status
OpenAPI Doc	Instant live documentation for your REST API	July 2024	✅ Available
Auth	Make any entity authenticatable and add rules for endpoints	August 2024	✅ Available
Validation	Custom validation for creating and updating items	Q4 2024	✅ Available
Many-to-many	Advanced relationship management	Q4 2024	✅ Available
Media upload	Allow file and image uploads with rules and resizing	Q4 2024	✅ Available
Hooks	Trigger webhooks at specific events	Q4 2024	📝 To specify

🆕 Suggest a new feature for the next versions

Community & Resources

• Docs - Get started with Manifest
• Discord - Come chat with the community
• Github - Report bugs and share ideas to improve the product.

Contributors

We welcome contributions to Manifest, Please see our Contributing Guidelines to get started and join the journey.

Thanks to our first wonderful contributors!