Appwrite Has a Free API — Open-Source Backend With Auth, Database, and Storage

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Firebase Alternative You Can Self-Host

Appwrite is an open-source BaaS (Backend as a Service). Cloud free tier: 75K requests/month, 2GB storage, 10GB bandwidth. Self-hosted: unlimited.

Cloud Setup

npm install appwrite

import { Client, Databases, Account } from "appwrite";

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .setProject("your-project-id");

const account = new Account(client);
const databases = new Databases(client);

Auth

// Create account
await account.create("unique()", "user@example.com", "password", "John");

// Login
await account.createEmailPasswordSession("user@example.com", "password");

// OAuth
await account.createOAuth2Session("github");

Database

// Create document
const doc = await databases.createDocument(
    "database-id", "collection-id", "unique()",
    { title: "Hello", content: "World", published: true }
);

// Query
const results = await databases.listDocuments(
    "database-id", "collection-id",
    [Query.equal("published", true), Query.limit(10)]
);

Appwrite vs Firebase vs Supabase

Feature	Appwrite	Firebase	Supabase
Database	Document	NoSQL	Postgres
Self-hosted	Yes	No	Yes
Auth providers	30+	15+	20+
Functions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Storage	Yes	Yes	Yes
Free tier	75K req/mo	Generous	50K MAU
Open source	Yes	No	Yes