# Supabase (Postgres) >[Supabase](https://supabase.com/docs) is an open source `Firebase` alternative. > `Supabase` is built on top of `PostgreSQL`, which offers strong `SQL` > querying capabilities and enables a simple interface with already-existing tools and frameworks. >[PostgreSQL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL) also known as `Postgres`, > is a free and open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) > emphasizing extensibility and `SQL` compliance. ## Installation and Setup We need to install `supabase` python package. ```bash pip install supabase ``` ## Vector Store See a [usage example](/docs/integrations/vectorstores/supabase). ```python from langchain.vectorstores import SupabaseVectorStore ```