Guides

Firebase guides and tutorials

Setup walkthroughs, platform guides and release notes for teams building on Firebase. Written so you can follow them without already knowing the answer.

15 guides

• Core servicesFirebase Cloud Messaging: How Push Notifications Actually WorkFCM is Google's free service for sending push notifications. Here is the whole journey, from your server to the phone in someone's hand.9 min read · August 5, 2026
• Core servicesFirebase Authentication: Every Sign-In Method, ExplainedFirebase Authentication handles the part of your app where someone proves who they are — without you ever storing a password.10 min read · August 5, 2026
• Core servicesFirebase Crashlytics: How Crash Reporting Actually WorksWhen your app crashes on someone else's phone, Crashlytics is how you find out — and how you find out why.8 min read · August 5, 2026
• Core servicesFirestore vs Realtime Database: Which One Should You Use?Firebase ships two databases with confusingly similar names. Here is what actually separates them, and how to choose.9 min read · August 5, 2026
• Cost & choicesFirebase vs Supabase, MongoDB and the AlternativesFirebase is not the only way to skip building a backend. Here is where each alternative genuinely wins, and where it does not.10 min read · August 5, 2026
• FrameworksFirebase with React, React Native, Vue, Angular and SvelteThe Firebase SDK is the same everywhere. What changes is how you hold it — and React Native is the one that genuinely differs.10 min read · August 5, 2026
• Core servicesFirebase Hosting and Cloud Storage: Where Your Files LiveHosting serves the files you wrote. Storage holds the files your users send you. Mixing them up is the most common mistake here.9 min read · August 5, 2026
• FrameworksFirebase on the Server: Node, Python, Django and LaravelServer-side Firebase uses a different SDK with different rules — literally. It bypasses them entirely, which is powerful and easy to misuse.9 min read · August 5, 2026
• Cost & choicesFirebase Pricing: What Is Free and What Generates a BillMost of Firebase is free. The parts that are not charge in ways that surprise people, so here is the shape of the bill before you get one.9 min read · August 5, 2026
• Getting startedFirebase 101: How to Build and Launch Your First App (Web, iOS & Android)A start-to-finish walkthrough: project setup, platform registration, Authentication, Firestore, real-time listeners and Analytics.6 min read · November 15, 2025
• FrameworksNext.js + Firebase: A Complete Guide to Firestore, Analytics & FunctionsFirestore, Analytics and Cloud Functions in a Next.js codebase, and the three problems that bite first.3 min read · November 15, 2025
• FrameworksHow to Supercharge Your Flutter App with FirebaseThe Firebase surface area that matters for Flutter, and the four mistakes that cost the most.3 min read · November 15, 2025
• Core servicesFirebase + Google Analytics: How to Build and Scale SmarterSet up events that answer real questions, and avoid the sampling and privacy traps.3 min read · November 15, 2025
• Product & updatesFirebase 2025 Year-End Review: Gemini Boosts, Console Upgrades & What's NewThree shifts that changed default Firebase workflows, and how to prioritise them.4 min read · November 15, 2025
• Product & updatesThe Firebase Console Mobile App You've Wanted All AlongWhat the app does, how it differs from the web console, and how teams adopt it in about fifteen minutes.4 min read · November 15, 2025