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---
- name: "Appwrite Open Source Backend as a Service Platform"
- slug: "appwrite-open-source-backend-as-a-service-platform"
+ title: "Appwrite Open Source Backend as a Service Platform"
description: "Appwrite is an open-source, self-hosted backend platform that provides authentication, databases, storage, functions, messaging, and realtime APIs out of the box. It serves as a privacy-first alternative to Firebase and Supabase, packaged as Docker microservices for full data ownership."
- github_stars: 55674
- verification: "listed"
+ verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite"
author: "Appwrite"
- category: "Integrations & Connectors"
- framework: "Multi-Framework"
+ category:
+ - "Integrations & Connectors"
+ framework:
+ - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "appwrite/appwrite"
github_stars: 55674
---
# Appwrite Open Source Backend as a Service Platform
Appwrite is an open-source, self-hosted backend platform that provides authentication, databases, storage, functions, messaging, and realtime APIs out of the box. It serves as a privacy-first alternative to Firebase and Supabase, packaged as Docker microservices for full data ownership.
## Installation
- Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- - docker run -it --rm \
- - docker run -it --rm ^
- - docker run -it --rm
-
- Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- - Appwrite is designed to run in a containerized environment. Running your server is as easy as running one command from your terminal. You can either run Appwrite on your localhost using docker-compose or on any other...
- - Before running the installation command, make sure you have [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop) installed on your machine:
- - --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-
- Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- - [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- - **[Appwrite Functions](https://appwrite.io/docs/products/functions)** - Serverless compute platform to run custom backend logic in isolated runtimes, triggered by events or scheduled jobs.15 runtimes supported.
- - The easiest way to get started with Appwrite is by [signing up for Appwrite Cloud](https://cloud.appwrite.io/). While Appwrite Cloud is in public beta, you can build with Appwrite completely free, and we won't collect...
+ Choose whichever fits your setup:
- - Source: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite
- - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appwrite/appwrite/HEAD/README.md
+ 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
+ 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
+ 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
+ 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
+ 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/appwrite-open-source-backend-as-a-service-platform/)