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Xano is a unified backend-as-a-service platform that lets you spin up databases, APIs, logic, and integrations—without managing infrastructure. Build in your IDE of choice and then validate that work visually, or start with visual development for a true no-code experience.

Visual Dev, AI, or Code

Xano empowers you to build, iterate, and validate your backend visually, with code, or with AI — and you can hop between them at any time. Stop explaining your code and spend more time building.

Complete Backend

Everything you need to power modern applications—replacing 6–8 different tools for APIs, data, server runtime, CI/CD, monitoring, observability, and more.

Agent Ready

Orchestrate complex AI behaviors with a powerful logic engine, long-running tasks, and event-driven workflows.

Enterprise-grade

SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HDS, and HIPAA compliance, plus role-based governance and limitless scalability.

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Build with Code

XanoScript is our in-house scripting language that represents everything you can build in Xano. It’s powerful, flexible, and easy to learn, whether you’re a seasoned developer or just a Xano beginner.
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Use the VS Code Extension

Get all the benefits of Xano without leaving your IDE. Available for any IDE that supports VS Code extensions.
Get the VS Code extension here

Look for XanoScript in-app

This option will be available when creating most new objects in Xano, such as APIs, Custom Functions, Background Tasks, and more.
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In some object types, such as AI Agents that open with a settings panel immediately, you’ll see a XanoScript option at the top of the panel.
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Build & Validate Visually

Xano gives you two powerful ways to visualize backend logic — choose the style that fits your brain. You’re not locked in, either — switch between the different building modes at any time.

Canvas View


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Perfect for visual thinkers — see your logic as a story, not just steps.

The Canvas View is a newer visual builder that is designed to be more user-friendly and intuitive. It adopts a well-loved node based view, giving you a more storytelling view of your logic with all of the visual editing capabilities you’ve come to expect without sacrifices.

Explore the Canvas View


Function Stack


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Ideal for those who love structure -- clean, ordered, and precise

Xano’s original visual builder is called the Function Stack. It’s a hybrid between a traditional code view and a visual builder. It shows you each function in execution order, but in a way that is understandable for non-technical users.

Explore the Function Stack

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Build with AI

Xano offers several different ways to build your backend with AI, reliably and efficiently.

Use your favorite IDE's AI assistant

Many IDEs, like VS Code and Cursor, come with powerful AI help built right in. With our VS Code extension, it automatically knows how to write XanoScript, so it can build your entire backend, or just help you ideate and iterate.
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Get the VS Code extension

Use our AI Assistants

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Use the Xano MCP Server

The Xano MCP Server is a powerful tool that allows you to build your backend with AI, using your favorite MCP client of choice, such as Anthropic’s Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.

Learn how to connect and use the Xano MCP Server