Appwrite Open Source Backend as a Service Platform
SkillDatabases & dataOnce added, your AI can help you build and run the backend of your apps, covering user accounts, databases, files, functions, messaging, and realtime updates in one place. Appwrite is open source and self-hosted, so everything runs on your own setup and your data stays in your hands. It is a privacy-first option for people who want full ownership of their data instead of relying on cloud backend services like Firebase or Supabase.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
After adding the skill, tell your AI what you want to do with your Appwrite setup, such as managing users, adding records to a database, or storing files. Your AI can then start handling those backend tasks for you.
Then ask your AI: use the Appwrite Open Source Backend as a Service Platform skill
What your AI can do with it
- Manage user accounts and sign-ins with built-in authentication
- Create, read, and update records in your Appwrite databases
- Upload, organize, and retrieve files in Appwrite storage
- Run backend functions to handle your app's logic
- Send messages through Appwrite's messaging
- React to changes in your data as they happen with realtime updates
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by agentskillexchange/skills in skills/appwrite-open-source-backend-as-a-service-platform/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
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 installed on your machine:
- --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
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Getting Started
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Appwrite Functions - Serverless compute platform to run custom backend logic in isolated runtimes, triggered by events or scheduled jobs.15 runtimes supported.
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The easiest way to get started with Appwrite is by signing up for Appwrite Cloud. While Appwrite Cloud is in public beta, you can build with Appwrite completely free, and we won't collect...
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Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appwrite/appwrite/HEAD/README.md
Source
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- Sep 2026
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