Appwrite Cloud
An open-source backend platform with auth, databases, storage, functions, messaging, and site hosting. · Appwrite · Database
Overview
Appwrite is an open-source backend you can self-host or use as Appwrite Cloud. The Cloud free plan covers auth, databases, storage, functions, realtime, and messaging for small projects, and freezes a project at its limits instead of billing.
Good fit
Use Appwrite when you want one open-source backend for auth, data, files, and functions, with a free plan that stops at its limits instead of billing.
- prototyping
- side projects
- mobile apps
Not a fit
Avoid for apps that must stay online without traffic for a week, or that need backups or more than 2 projects on the free plan.
- always-on production apps on the free plan
Quickstart · 4 steps
- Sign up at cloud.appwrite.io and create a project.
- Add a web or mobile platform to the project.
- Install the Appwrite SDK for your framework.
- Connect with your project ID and endpoint, then add auth or a database.
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