Appwrite – Open-Source Backend Platform

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Backend-as-a-service with Appwrite

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bidewio/better-openclaw in skills/appwrite-backend/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Appwrite provides databases, authentication, storage, functions, and messaging as a self-hosted backend-as-a-service platform.

GitHub: github.com/appwrite/appwrite (48 000+ ⭐)
License: BSD-3-Clause
Security: SOC 2 Type 2 compliant. No malware.

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
`{{APPWRITE_URL}}`	Appwrite endpoint
`{{APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID}}`	Project ID
`{{APPWRITE_API_KEY}}`	Server-side API key

Usage Examples

List documents

curl -s "{{APPWRITE_URL}}/v1/databases/<db_id>/collections/<col_id>/documents" \
  -H "X-Appwrite-Project: {{APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID}}" \
  -H "X-Appwrite-Key: {{APPWRITE_API_KEY}}"

Create a user

curl -s -X POST "{{APPWRITE_URL}}/v1/users" \
  -H "X-Appwrite-Project: {{APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID}}" \
  -H "X-Appwrite-Key: {{APPWRITE_API_KEY}}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"userId": "unique()", "email": "user@example.com", "password": "securepass"}'

AI Agent Tips

Full-featured BaaS: databases, auth, storage, functions, and realtime.
SDKs for 15+ platforms (Web, Flutter, iOS, Android, etc.).
Self-hosted with Docker Compose — full data ownership.
Built-in realtime subscriptions via WebSocket.

Signals

GitHub stars: 58
Forks: 6
Last commit: Aug 2026

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Item type: skill
Key: appwrite-backend
Source: github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw

github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw