Appwrite Has a Free Backend-as-a-Service — Auth, Database, Storage, and Functions in One Self-Hosted Platform

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Why Appwrite?

Appwrite is an open-source Firebase alternative you can self-host. Auth, database, storage, functions, and realtime — all with a clean SDK.

docker run -it --rm \
  --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  --volume "$(pwd)"/appwrite:/usr/src/code/appwrite:rw \
  appwrite/appwrite:latest

Authentication

import { Client, Account } from 'appwrite'

const client = new Client()
  .setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
  .setProject('YOUR_PROJECT_ID')

const account = new Account(client)

// Sign up
await account.create('unique()', 'user@example.com', 'password', 'John Doe')

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

// OAuth
await account.createOAuth2Session('google', 'https://yourapp.com/success')

Database

import { Databases, ID } from 'appwrite'

const db = new Databases(client)

// Create document
await db.createDocument('mydb', 'posts', ID.unique(), {
  title: 'Hello World',
  content: 'My first post',
  published: true,
})

// Query
const posts = await db.listDocuments('mydb', 'posts', [
  Query.equal('published', true),
  Query.orderDesc('$createdAt'),
  Query.limit(10),
])

Storage

import { Storage, ID } from 'appwrite'

const storage = new Storage(client)
await storage.createFile('uploads', ID.unique(), file)
const preview = storage.getFilePreview('uploads', fileId, 400, 300)

Appwrite vs Firebase vs Supabase

Feature	Appwrite	Firebase	Supabase
Self-hosted	Yes	No	Yes
Database	Document	Document	Postgres
Auth	Built-in	Built-in	Built-in
Functions	Yes	Yes	Edge
Open source	Yes	No	Yes

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