Appwrite's open-source backend platform lets you add Auth, Databases, Functions, and Storage to your product, build any application at any scale, own your data, and use your preferred coding languages and tools.
App development is complex and oftentimes, repetitive. Creating modern applications requires a ton of different skills and has a huge learning curve. I started working on Appwrite back in 2019 to abstract the complexity of software development so there could be a greater focus on creating value and, more importantly, having fun writing code.
Over the past few years, we have seen countless developers build their projects with Appwrite. However, your only option was to self host Appwrite, which although very simple, still added some friction to the experience. Although there was a lot of adoption, we also heard feedback from the community that self-hosting was not for everyone. It’s time-consuming, requires infrastructure management and, most of all, not accessible to every developer. This all was in contradiction to what Appwrite believes in, making it possible for every creator to create products the world loves.
To stay true to our purpose, we decided to develop our own cloud solution. One that would make Appwrite accessible to more developers. A cloud that would make building a lot more enjoyable and a lot less repetitive. A solution that would integrate easily with your existing tech stack and could easily adjust to your current projects’ needs.
Appwrite Cloud Beta provides you with Authentication, Databases, Storage, Serverless Functions, and a Realtime API and lots more. We support over 6 runtimes, 13 SDKs, coding languages and frameworks so you can build with the language most comfortable for you.
Some other highlighted features that make all the difference are automated git deployments, function templates for adding Stripe payments and subscriptions, an AI chatbot, and messaging with WhatsApp x Vonage, database relationships, password security, GraphQL support, Command Center with AI assistant, customizable email templates, and migrating your project data from and to Appwrite Cloud in a few clicks.
All in all, we are very proud of what we have accomplished together with the community over the past months and are excited to bring you Appwrite Cloud Beta. We continue to look towards the Product Hunt community for support and feedback in order to improve.
You can create your Cloud account and get started on cloud.appwrite.io. Our Starter plan is free and gives you unlimited projects, so it’s a great plan to explore and start your projects.
We will be available for support, and we’re excited to hear about your feedback while Cloud is still in beta and use that feedback and the power of the open source community to constantly improve and get better.
About Appwrite Cloud Beta on Product Hunt
“Build like a team of hundreds”
Appwrite Cloud Beta launched on Product Hunt on October 17th, 2023 and earned 485 upvotes and 250 comments, placing #4 on the daily leaderboard. Appwrite's open-source backend platform lets you add Auth, Databases, Functions, and Storage to your product, build any application at any scale, own your data, and use your preferred coding languages and tools.
On the analytics side, Appwrite Cloud Beta competes within Open Source, Developer Tools and GitHub — topics that collectively have 620.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Appwrite Cloud Beta performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Appwrite Cloud Beta?
Appwrite Cloud Beta was hunted by Eldad Fux. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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