Appwrite
p/appwrite
100% open source alternative for Firebase
Eldad Fux
Appwrite Cloud Beta — Build like a team of hundreds
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Appwrite's open-source backend platform lets you add Auth, Databases, Functions, and Storage to your product, build any application at any scale, own your data, and use your preferred coding languages and tools.
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Eldad Fux
App development is complex and oftentimes, repetitive. Creating modern applications requires a ton of different skills and has a huge learning curve. I started working on Appwrite back in 2019 to abstract the complexity of software development so there could be a greater focus on creating value and, more importantly, having fun writing code. Over the past few years, we have seen countless developers build their projects with Appwrite. However, your only option was to self host Appwrite, which although very simple, still added some friction to the experience. Although there was a lot of adoption, we also heard feedback from the community that self-hosting was not for everyone. It’s time-consuming, requires infrastructure management and, most of all, not accessible to every developer. This all was in contradiction to what Appwrite believes in, making it possible for every creator to create products the world loves. To stay true to our purpose, we decided to develop our own cloud solution. One that would make Appwrite accessible to more developers. A cloud that would make building a lot more enjoyable and a lot less repetitive. A solution that would integrate easily with your existing tech stack and could easily adjust to your current projects’ needs. Appwrite Cloud Beta provides you with Authentication, Databases, Storage, Serverless Functions, and a Realtime API and lots more. We support over 6 runtimes, 13 SDKs, coding languages and frameworks so you can build with the language most comfortable for you. Some other highlighted features that make all the difference are automated git deployments, function templates for adding Stripe payments and subscriptions, an AI chatbot, and messaging with WhatsApp x Vonage, database relationships, password security, GraphQL support, Command Center with AI assistant, customizable email templates, and migrating your project data from and to Appwrite Cloud in a few clicks. All in all, we are very proud of what we have accomplished together with the community over the past months and are excited to bring you Appwrite Cloud Beta. We continue to look towards the Product Hunt community for support and feedback in order to improve. You can create your Cloud account and get started on cloud.appwrite.io. Our Starter plan is free and gives you unlimited projects, so it’s a great plan to explore and start your projects. We will be available for support, and we’re excited to hear about your feedback while Cloud is still in beta and use that feedback and the power of the open source community to constantly improve and get better.
Gadir
@eldad_fux Simplifying app development is a significant need in the industry, and your efforts to abstract complexity, reduce repetitive tasks, and make the development process more enjoyable are highly commendable
Laura Du Ry
@gipetto Thank you for your kind words and support!
Antoni Kozelski
@eldad_fux Congratulations on the launch of the 🚀 Appwrite Cloud beta! We'll be happy to create your Cloud account and get started on cloud.appwrite.io.👍
Alex Plekhanov
@eldad_fux Congrats 👏 I'm already using it for my side project and it's super helpful. Can't wait for the Pro version to come out. Keep it up 👍
Jason Torres
@eldad_fux the site is absolutely beautiful from a UI/UX perspective. Easily could have been half that as most services are. So not only is the service top notch the design is, AND your crew is cool!
Colby Fayock
congrats on the launch! been having fun digging into Appwrite Cloud, such a smooth experience
Haimantika Mitra
@colbyfayock Thanks Colby for the support :D
Steven Nguyen
Thanks, @colbyfayock! I'm glad you've had a good time with Appwrite!
Dennis Ivy
@colbyfayock awesome to hear from someone who is pretty much an appwrite expert now :)
Tessa Mero
@colbyfayock Thanks Colby!
Ayush
This is so great for indie devs 🫡
Vincent Ge
@heyayushh Empowering indie devs to build like a team of hundreds ;)
André J
Looks good. Quick question: Would you call this an opensource alternative to firebase?
Haimantika Mitra
@sentry_co Thanks Andre. Yes, Appwrite is an open-source alternative to Firebase.
Vincent Ge
@sentry_co Well, that's a way to look at it. It's a dev tool, but philosophically, we're very different. I think of Firebase as something that dictates how you build. You buy hard into stuff like Firestore and some other GCP products. We plan to offer many DB adaptors, many storage adaptors, many ways to do push notifications, etc. An open-source platform backed by the technologies you choose to use. I think this will separate us from Firebase in the long term. We also care about data ownership. You can already export your Cloud data back to self-hosted and vice-versa. Host your data where ever you liked :)
André J
@vincent_ge Modularity is very cool. Esp if a cloud provider becomes preditory I can switch to an alternative without too much fuzz etc? What cloud buckets would you recommend to host the modular dbs / infra?
Steven Nguyen
@vincent_ge @sentry_co For file storage, we currently support Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, Backblaze, Linode Object Storage, and Wasabi, but we plan to add support for more. For more info, see https://appwrite.io/docs/advance...
André J
@vincent_ge @stnguyen90 What about Vercel?
Anton Cherkasov
With its range of features, customizable options, and support for multiple languages, it offers a lot of flexibility. The automated git deployments and function templates are particularly impressive. Congrats!
Haimantika Mitra
@a007mr Thanks Anton! I love the function templates too. Are you building something with Appwrite functions?
Laura Du Ry
@a007mr Happy to see your kind words, Anton! The team worked hard on adding all these great features.
Christy Jacob
@a007mr Thanks Anton! If you run into any issues with your project, drop us a message on Discord https://appwrite.io/discord
Christy Jacob
@a007mr Thanks Anton! If you run into any issues with your project, drop us a message on Discord
Christy Jacob
@a007mr Thanks Anton! If you run into any issues with your project, drop us a message on our support channels
Shubham Nigam
Looks great!
Haimantika Mitra
@richexplorer Thank you :)
Steven Nguyen
Thanks, @richexplorer!
André J
Heads up the link doesn't work, says "Gateway Timeout": https://cloud.appwrite.io/regist...
Aditya Oberai
@sentry_co seems to be working for me. Can you retry in incognito mode once?
André J
@aditya_oberai Seems to work now 👍 ...maybe not link directly to the registration from Producthunt ? No landing page yet or?
Aditya Oberai
@sentry_co we do have a landing page for Appwrite (https://appwrite.io); however, we linked the Appwrite Cloud registration page to offer quickest access to the platform.
Eleftheria Batsou
Congratulations! This is going to be awesome.
Aditya Oberai
@eleftheria_batsou thanks for the support, Eleftheria!
Christy Jacob
@eleftheria_batsou Thanks a lot 😍
Andre
Great alternative to Firebase! Only native push notifications are missing at this point.
Aditya Oberai
@andrefuchs Thanls Andre! Push notifications are something we're working to bring soon :)
Haimantika Mitra
@andrefuchs Thanks Andre for the support. Push notifications is a WIP, you can follow this discussion for more info - https://github.com/appwrite/appw...
Laura Du Ry
@andrefuchs Thank you for the kind words Andre :)
Aditya Oberai
I am so proud of our team for this launch! We've worked on some absolutely amazing features, my favourites being our new functions templates, AI assistant, and migrations. Looking forward to seeing how Appwrite Cloud continues to grow 😁
flo merian
following Appwrite’s journey since its 2022 GKA and I have to admit: I absolutely *love* this redesign. definitely among the most well-designed OSS products. keep up your great work, @laura_du_ry1 and ?makers team 👏👏
Aditya Oberai
@fmerian thank you so much, Flo :)
Vincent Ge
@laura_du_ry1 @fmerian Thanks! Why not make OSS products look pretty? It's a part of the experience. We know that OSS software benefits everyone, but making it appeal to everyone is a part of our beliefs as well :D
flo merian
@laura_du_ry1 @vincent_ge absolutely! design is key to building a great developer experience. keep it up -- and delightful!
Laura Du Ry
@fmerian Thank you flo!! Your support is much appreciated. Happy to be part of the community.
Steven Nguyen
@laura_du_ry1 @fmerian Thanks for the kind words! 🙏🏼 The redesign has definitely grown on me 😅
Andras Bacsai
Let's go Appwrite!
Haimantika Mitra
@andrasbacsai yaas! Thanks Andras 😄
Aditya Oberai
@andrasbacsai thanks a ton, Andras! Loving all the work you're doing with Coolify, by the way 😁
Steven Nguyen
Thanks, @andrasbacsai!
Tessa Mero
@andrasbacsai Thanks for your continued support Andras!
Rami - Browsingbuddies.com
AppWrite has a lot of potential. I used to follow you guys on Twitter but the Tweets were a bit lacking. I did follow Amplication which I think is a competitor but they became boring as well. Hopefully you guys carve out a niche and can compete with Supabase.
Aditya Oberai
@kingromstar thank you for the feedback, Rami. Quick question, as someone following Appwrite on Twitter, what kind of content would you expect or find beneficial for you?
Yuki Ogino
Awesome one, congratulations on the launch! I'll definitely give it a try😆
Haimantika Mitra
@oginokairan Thanks Yuki! Would love to have your reviews. If you have any queries, please feel free to reach out to us on Discord - https://appwrite.io/discord
Laura Du Ry
@oginokairan Thank you Yuki! We would love to see your build with Appwrite :D
Charlie Choi
this is a game changer. I might use this for our upcoming mobile app prototype. BTW, how did you create the video? Absolutely love it.
Vincent Ge
@charlie_choi3 Thank you so much, let me know how your mobile app experiment goes! The video was created by @jade_baudchon from our design team (they do magic)
Charlie Choi
@jade_baudchon @vincent_ge Hey Jade, what software did you use to produce this? Curious because we might be creating a video soon as well.
Shunsuke Sakata
Congrats on launch ! This tool is really helpful for the backend engineer!
Vincent Ge
@shun_skt_93 No one needs to implement authentication for the 50th time in a row :)
Pedro
Congratulations! I've been a devoted Appwrite user since the first beta, and I'm absolutely thrilled to dive into the cloud version – it's a game-changer! Appwrite's constant innovation and a vibrant community make it an indispensable tool for developers.
Haimantika Mitra
@pedro_k Thanks for the support Pedro, truly means a lot :).
Aditya Oberai
@pedro_k thank you for your kind words, Pedro :)
Laura Du Ry
@pedro_k That is really great to hear, Pedro! We keep pushing to make it better :)
Vincent Ge
@pedro_k It's easy to build great products when community members like you always give us honest feedback. It's often not "how to build" that's the most difficult, but "what to build".
Francesco Ciulla
Best of luck big fan of Appwrite!
Aditya Oberai
@francesco_ciulla thanks a lot, Francesco! :D
Laura Du Ry
@francesco_ciulla thank you!! :)
Haimantika Mitra
@francesco_ciulla Thank you for the support!
Dennis Ivy
@francesco_ciulla Thanks Francesco :)
Ankur Tyagi
Great work @eldad_fux @haimantika_mitra @aditya_oberai and @tessa_mero and congratulations to the entire team.
Aditya Oberai
@theankurtyagi thanks a lot, Ankur 😁
Haimantika Mitra
Thanks Ankur for the support :)
Jeffrey Bunn
Launching soon!
I’ve been watching appwrite for awhile and have been impressed. Perhaps I’ll give your cloud offering a try for my next project 👍
Vincent Ge
@jeffreybunn It's always getting better. Check in and build something quick once in a while, see how you like it and see us grow!
Dennis Ivy
@jeffreybunn Hopefully we'll be getting feedback from you soon 😁