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## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

Yes.

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Feature.

## What is the current behavior?

Explorer always opens on its start page, without onboarding or a startup
preference.

## What is the new behavior?

Adds one-time onboarding with wireframe option cards and a collapsed
Learn more section. Users can start on the Explorer start page or in a
new SQL query tab, and change that choice in Account preferences →
Dashboard. Preferences persist per account in the browser.

## Additional context

How to test:
1. With Explorer enabled and fresh browser storage, open Explorer and
select either startup option. Confirm Open Explorer follows the
selection and onboarding stays dismissed after reload.
2. Change Explorer startup in Account preferences → Dashboard, then
reopen Explorer. SQL query should create one normal query tab; Start
page should restore the pinned home tab.
3. Use the keyboard to select an option and toggle Learn more. Expand it
in a short viewport and check that the page scrolls normally.

Validation: 235 tests pass, including 20 new cases; Studio typecheck and
formatting pass.

The local production build was stopped during compilation and was not
verified locally.



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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
- Added an Explorer onboarding experience with startup-view selection,
guidance, and a Learn more section.
- Added Explorer settings to choose between the Start page and SQL query
views.
  - Explorer preferences now persist across sessions and accounts.
  - Explorer can open directly to a new SQL query when selected.
- The Explorer Home tab is shown based on the selected startup
preference.
- **Accessibility**
  - Reduced-motion settings now disable the Explorer loading animation.
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Supabase Studio

A dashboard for managing your self-hosted Supabase project, and used on our hosted platform. Built with:

What's included

Studio is designed to work with existing deployments - either the local hosted, docker setup, or our CLI. It is not intended for managing the deployment and administration of projects - that's out of scope.

As such, the features exposed on Studio for existing deployments are limited to those which manage your database:

  • Table & SQL editors
    • Saved queries are unavailable
  • Database management
    • Policies, roles, extensions, replication
  • API documentation

Managing Project Settings

Project settings are managed outside of the Dashboard. If you use docker compose, you should manage the settings in your docker-compose file. If you're deploying Supabase to your own cloud, you should store your secrets and env vars in a vault or secrets manager.

How to contribute?

  • Branch from master and name your branches with the following structure
    • {type}/{branch_name}
      • Type: chore | fix | feature
      • The branch name is arbitrary — just make sure it summarizes the work.
  • When you send a PR to master, it will automatically tag members of the frontend team for review.
  • Review the main contributing guide to help test your feature before sending a PR.
  • The Dashboard is under active development. You should run git pull frequently to make sure you're up to date.

Developer Quickstart

Note

Supabase internal use: To develop on Studio locally with the backend services, see the instructions in the internal infrastructure repo.

# You'll need to be on Node v22
# in /studio

## For external contributors
pnpm install # install dependencies
pnpm run dev # start dev server

## For internal contributors
## First clone the private supabase/platform repo and follow instructions for setting up mise
mise studio  # Run from supabase/platform alongside `mise infra`

## For all
pnpm run test # run tests
pnpm run test -- --watch # run tests in watch mode

Running within a self-hosted environment

Follow the self-hosting guide to get started.

cd ..
cd docker
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f ./dev/docker-compose.dev.yml up

Once you've got that set up, update .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=
SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY=

Then run the following commands to install dependencies and start the dashboard.

npm install
npm run dev

If you would like to configure different defaults for "Default Organization" and "Default Project", you will need to update the .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_NAME=
DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME=