Appwrite

End to end backend server for web, native, and mobile developers 🚀.

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Last commit19 Oct 2026
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End to end backend server for web, native, and mobile developers 🚀.

Who it suits

  • Developers: Appwrite calls itself “the open-source cloud for developers and agents”.

From appwrite.io, checked 19 Oct 2026. Quotes are the project's own words.

Self-hosting requirements

Runs withDocker
DockerYes
awesome-selfhosted lists Docker as a way to deploy it.

Sources: github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/blob/master/software/appwrite.yml, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs with” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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