# Appwrite

> Appwrite is an open-source development platform that bundles authentication, databases, storage, functions, messaging, realtime services, and web hosting behind consistent APIs and SDKs. Developers can use its managed cloud or run the Community Edition themselves, making portability and control part of the product rather than an afterthought.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Eldad Fux (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Appwrite Community Edition, Appwrite Cloud, Authentication, Databases, Storage
- **Notable:** Gained roughly 1,500 GitHub stars in its first month after the 2019 public launch., Reached 50,000 GitHub stars in November 2024 and approximately 57,500 by September 2026., Won Product Hunt's 2022 Golden Kitty Award for Best Developer Tool.

## Products & services

- **Appwrite Community Edition** — The open-source, self-hosted platform for authentication, data, storage, functions, messaging, realtime services, and hosting.
- **Appwrite Cloud** — The fully managed version of Appwrite, launched in public beta in 2023 and generally available in 2025.
- **Authentication** — Email/password, phone, magic URL, email OTP, OAuth, anonymous sessions, JWT, MFA, teams, labels, and granular permissions.
- **Databases** — TablesDB, DocumentsDB, VectorsDB, and managed native PostgreSQL and MySQL options, with realtime and permission-aware APIs.
- **Storage** — File storage with permissions, encryption, compression, image transformation, resumable uploads, and S3-compatible access.
- **Functions** — Serverless compute with scheduled and event-driven execution across multiple runtimes.
- **Messaging** — A unified API for email, SMS, and push notifications through third-party delivery providers.
- **Sites** — Open-source web application hosting integrated with the rest of the Appwrite platform.
- **Appwrite Network** — Regions and edge locations for lower latency, data residency, and multi-region deployment.
- **Imagine** — An AI product builder that turns natural-language ideas into applications backed by Appwrite Cloud.

## Achievements

- Gained roughly 1,500 GitHub stars in its first month after the 2019 public launch.
- Reached 50,000 GitHub stars in November 2024 and approximately 57,500 by September 2026.
- Won Product Hunt's 2022 Golden Kitty Award for Best Developer Tool.
- Appwrite Cloud reached general availability in September 2025 while powering more than 300,000 projects.
- The enterprise platform is presented as operating at more than 500,000-project scale.
- Appwrite 2.0's Hyperloop B engine was reported to handle up to seven times more requests than its predecessor.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Added a user-photo API and changed Redis cache serialization for cached list queries, reporting 67% to 69% lower cache memory use and up to 29% more cached listRows requests per second.
- **2026-09** — Expanded native PostgreSQL, MySQL, and dedicated Appwrite databases to all six Cloud regions: Frankfurt, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, and Toronto.
- **2026-09** — Released Appwrite 2.0 with a redesigned Console, Explorer, Terminal, and the Hyperloop B engine, plus native PostgreSQL, MySQL, VectorsDB, DocumentsDB, S3 compatibility, Firewall, OAuth2 server, and Domains during Init 2026.
- **2026-09** — Introduced Appwrite Apps, giving partners consent-based scoped tokens for tools that work across customer projects.
- **2026-06** — Added self-serve Business Associate Agreements for eligible Pro organizations seeking HIPAA-oriented workflows.
- **2026-05** — Introduced Presences for online, typing, and activity status over permission-aware realtime channels.
- **2026-03** — Launched Appwrite Arena, an open benchmark for measuring how AI models understand Appwrite APIs.
- **2025-12** — Introduced Imagine, an AI application builder backed by Appwrite Cloud.
- **2025-09** — Appwrite Cloud reached general availability after more than 26 months in beta.

## Links

- Website: https://appwrite.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/appwrite/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/appwrite
- GitHub: https://github.com/appwrite
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@appwrite
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/appwrite.io/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/appwrite.io/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26