the easiest Firebase API

working with Firebase is powerful… but let’s be honest, it can also feel messy. every new project starts the same way

• wiring up initializeApp,
• juggling imports from five different packages,
• remembering which SDK does what,
• and writing the same boilerplate over and over again

that’s exactly why I built Refirebase — a small library that takes the Firebase SDK and makes it feel like a modern state management tool instead of a tangle of functions

why it matters

• no more boilerplate hell

  instead of scattering config files and repeating the same setup for Firestore, Realtime Database, Auth, and Storage, you get a single entry point

• cleaner mental model

  everything lives under the same roof: db.firestore, db.realtime, db.storage, auth. it feels consistent, predictable, and easy to read

• environment-ready by default

  tired of passing around config objects? Refirebase will just grab your .env values if you don’t feel like typing them out again

• querying that feels natural

  filtering Firestore data should be as simple as describing what you want. Refirebase adds a small, expressive layer that makes queries less verbose and easier to follow

the difference in practice

instead of wrangling imports and writing five lines before you even fetch something, with Refirebase you’re already focused on the data.

that’s the point: less ceremony, more getting things done

firebase has always been about speed to market, and Refirebase is about speed to developer happiness. combine both, and you’re building apps faster and cleaner

if you’re interested, check out the documentation and npm install refirebase to get started, the package is available on npm as well, and the current version is