langchain/docs/extras/integrations/providers/supabase.mdx

# 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
```