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Appwrite: Build Scalable Backend for Web, Mobile & AI Apps (57k+ GitHub stars)

Appwrite gives founders a ready‑to‑use BaaS with auth, databases, storage, functions and real‑time messaging, so you can launch full‑stack products faster without managing infrastructure.
57,652 stars+78★ this week5,780 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Sep 29Updated 10/13/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Appwrite provides a complete cloud infrastructure for building web, mobile, and AI apps, including features like authentication, databases, storage, and hosting

When to use it
  • •You need a scalable backend for your web or mobile application
  • •You want to build an AI-powered app with a robust cloud infrastructure
  • •You need a unified platform for managing auth, databases, and storage across multiple applications
Ready-to-paste prompt
curl -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"name": "My Webhook", "url": "https://example.com/webhook"}' http://localhost/v1/webhooks
Heads up: Appwrite requires Docker and Docker Compose to be installed and running on your system, and you need to ensure that the Docker containers are properly configured and started before accessing the Appwrite console
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🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

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Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/appwrite && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/appwrite/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/appwrite/SKILL.md
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Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
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How Appwrite: Build Scalable Backend for Web, Mobile & AI Apps (57k+ GitHub stars) works
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Appwrite: Build Scalable Backend for Web, Mobile & AI Apps (57k+ GitHub stars) is a very large TypeScript project (~206k lines across 1402 code files, plus 429 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, BSD-3-Clause license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~206k lines · 1402 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js · PHP · Docker
No API keys detected
TypeScript 61%PHP 38%Shell 1%Dockerfile 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    bin/ssl
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    composer.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  5. 5
    src/Appwrite/Utopia/Response/Model/Index.php
    Inside src/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
src/Core code — the actual logic1261 files
app/Core code — the actual logic568 files
bin/Command-line entry points36 files
docs/Documentation544 files
dev/Folder2 files
tests/Tests — proof it works488 files
public/Images & static assets161 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)18 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyBSD-3-Clause licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
appwrite
Language
TypeScript
Category
ai-agent
Published
4/8/2019

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