Realtime Subscriptions in Supabase

From the Supabase cheat sheet · Database Operations · verified Jul 2026

Realtime Subscriptions

Subscribe to database changes in real-time

typescript
// Subscribe to INSERT
const channel = supabase
  .channel('posts-insert')
  .on('postgres_changes', {
    event: 'INSERT',
    schema: 'public',
    table: 'posts'
  }, (payload) => {
    console.log('New post:', payload.new)
  })
  .subscribe()

// Cleanup
channel.unsubscribe()
📡 Real-time updates via WebSockets
🎯 Row-level filtering support
👥 Presence for online status
📢 Broadcast for client-to-client messaging

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