About Flame

After three years building on Firebase at a startup, the official emulator UI and Firebase Console never felt good enough for day-to-day work. Firefoo helped in production, but it did not work with our local emulator setup.

We wanted that level of polish for the emulator, and expanding it from just Auth and Firestore to Cloud Functions, Queues and Storage.

Today we use Flame to ship more apps. If you have lived the same Firebase local dev pain, we built this for you.

The builders

Met in Montreal a while ago, and worked in multiple startups together. Both making software for over 15 years. We’ve been around before AI 😉 see our AI stance for how we use it today.

  • Ben 🐠

    From France, now between Montreal & Philippines.

    Freediver 🤿 and pianist 🎹.

  • Val 🐐

    France → Montreal → Squamish.

    Identifies as a mountain goat.

    Skier ⛷️, guitarist & bassist 🎸.

How we got here

  1. Dec 2025

    Proof of concept

    First desktop build connecting to the Firebase emulator with a better editing experience.

  2. Jan 2026

    Friends feedback & private beta

    Shared early builds with former teammates and friends who use Firebase.

  3. Feb 2026

    Open beta (macOS only)

    Public download went live so anyone could try Flame and send feedback.

  4. April 2026

    Windows & Linux support

    Flame is now available on all major platforms!

  5. Jun 2026

    Live

    1.0 released, paid plan launched. Flame stable but still in active development to make it even better!