Appwrite Sites - The open-source Vercel alternative
With Sites, Appwrite offers a streamlined solution for easily deploying static and server-rendered applications.
Everything is designed to simplify your workflow, from creating a site and connecting a domain to leveraging our templates.
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Appwrite was born out of a deep frustration with the complexity of app development. From the beginning, our mission has been to simplify the developer experience and make it easier to build secure, scalable, and modern applications, without the headaches.
For years, Appwrite has offered everything you need to power your backend, from databases and authentication to storage and serverless functions. But one major piece was always missing: hosting your frontend.
Until now.
Today, we're excited to introduce Appwrite Sites, the easiest way to deploy and host your websites and web apps directly inside Appwrite. No more context-switching between services, wrangling with third-party integrations, managing extra accounts, and paying for more subscriptions. Build, deploy, and go live, all from one unified platform.
With Sites, Appwrite becomes the first fully open-source development platform to offer an end-to-end experience, all under one roof. Whether shipping static websites, server-rendered apps, or complex full-stack products, you now have one place to do it all. Seamlessly. Securely. Effortlessly.
This launch is about more than convenience. It’s about continuing our commitment to give developers the tools they need to move fast and stay focused on what matters most, creating amazing experiences.
We’re proud of how far we’ve come, and even more excited about what’s ahead. As always, your feedback has been instrumental in shaping Appwrite’s platform, and we can’t wait to hear what you think.
Try out Appwrite Sites at cloud.appwrite.io or self-host it on our open source repository: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite
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@eldad_fux Super excited to see how this simplifies workflows for devs everywhere. Let’s gooo! 🙌
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@devnishant10 ❤️
Videofyles
@eldad_fux I love building with Appwrite but this feature makes it even more awesome. Very excited 🔥
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@eldad_fux @ludwigsonneck Thanks Ludwig! We're excited to see what you build next 💪
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@ludwigsonneck This is so great to hear! Thank you so much, can't wait to see what you're going to deploy!
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@eldad_fux Let's GO! 🎉
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@eldad_fux amazing work!!! Go team Appwrite🔥
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@eldad_fux Letss goooo!!!! super exicted for thisssss, finally all in one platform for.. EVERYTHING! 🔥🎉
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@chiragagg5k exactly -> build, deploy, scale!
Docusaurus
Congratz for the launch.
Interesting, curious to see how this new offer performs for both its cloud and self-hosted offering.
Also curious, why are you positioning yourself as a direct Vercel competitor (and not Netlify, Firebase, Coolify, Supabase and others?).
It looks to me you have a quite different model (OSS offering, serverless vs container-based, providing more first-party services...)
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@sebastienlorber Hey Sebastian, thank you for the kind words!
Self-hosting vs. Cloud: In terms of features, cloud and self-hosted are nearly on par - no weird limitations or complex setup. With a single Compose file or a one-liner installation, you’re good to go. Only scale-related capabilities - like backups-as-a-service, Kubernetes, multi-region deployments, and edge support, telemetry and more remain cloud or enterprise only.
Positioning: You’re correct: while Appwrite Sites directly competes with Vercel, the Appwrite platform is much more than a Vercel alternative. We used to go by the Firebase alternative, but we like to view ourselves as a full end-to-end cloud platform, with the right abstractions to let developers focus on building - completely serverless and free from infrastructure headaches.
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@sebastienlorber Thank you for your interest! ❤️ We see many developers praise Vercel for it's developer experience, simplicity, ease of use, and more.. Those are the exact same the details we care about. While Sites is a competitor of many platforms, and joined with Appwrite's backend services even more, we positioned ourselves as a Vercel alternative to make it clear we are here to stay, evolve, and compete when it comes to deploying your web apps.
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@sebastienlorber Thank you Sebastian!
We're excited to have Docusaurus template on Appwrite Sites!
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@laura_du_ry1 np, another interesting option to host Docusaurus sites, curious to see it in action!
EverTutor AI
this is a huge win for the dev community! An open-source alternative to Vercel that offers the flexibility to host static and server-rendered apps with full control — that’s powerful. Kudos to the Appwrite team for building such a developer-first experience!
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@suryansh_tiwari2 Thank you for the shout-out.
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@suryansh_tiwari2 Thank you so much!
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@suryansh_tiwari2 Thank you Suryansh! Open-source means a lot to Appwrite and we're so excited to bring hosting to the platform!
NextJob
@suryansh_tiwari2 💯 Right!
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@shahriarthm Thank you for the kind words Shahriar! Yes! Appwrite Sites will support custom deploy and edge networks out of the box on day 1. You can learn more about our network and its components here: https://appwrite.io/docs/products/network
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@shahriarthm Heyy 👋 Analytics is something we talked about a lot, from both http requests, and JS plugin. I can see that being added into Appwrite in near future, alongside even more improvements to monitoring your application in production. Thanks to Sites release, we can start collecting suggestions from community, and build the best analytics out there. Together.
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@shahriarthm Analytics is high on my wishlist too!
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Great job team 👏
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@haimantika_mitra Thank you for the support ❤
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@haimantika_mitra ❤
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@haimantika_mitra Long time no see 👋 Excited to see you join the celebrations.
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@haimantika_mitra Thanks!!! ❤️
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@haimantika_mitra Thank you! Once an Appwriter, always an Appwriter ❤️
Manna
Game-changer for full-stack prototypes. Does it support migrating existing websites from vibe coding tools like lovable, bolt, v1?
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@desmond_ren1 You can deploy anything that is built on a modern framework or with simple vanilla JS.
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@desmond_ren1 Just connect to your Github repo, and we take it over from there. We've put a lot, and I mean A LOT, of different framework through its paces!
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I love Sites. There are the simplest and most intuitive platforms to deploy my sites, but they don't let me self-host. There are amazing open-source platforms giving all the freedom, but they aren't as simple to use. Appwrite Sites sit perfectly in the middle, filling a gap that was existing for years. I am excited about Sites as a maker, as a developer, and as a lover of everything open-source.
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@meldiron 🙌
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@meldiron 💯
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@meldiron great job bringing this to life!
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Congrats on your launch guys, excellent job! 👏
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@odehahwal Thanks Odeh! 🙌🎉
AItoZee - Your Creative AI Playground
@laura_du_ry1 My pleasure! Hope you can support us with our upcoming launch too: https://www.producthunt.com/products/what-the-food
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@odehahwal Will check it out!
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@odehahwal Thanks❤️
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@odehahwal Thank you for your support!
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@odehahwal Wohoo, Thanks!🚀
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@odehahwal Thanks for the support! 🙏🏼
NextJob
This is the kind of launch that makes me pause and think, "Okay, I can actually build everything here now." Excited to dig into Sites myself!
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@ebenezerdon 💪
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We're also hosting a special YouTube Live for this launch.
Join us as we discuss the future of Appwrite and answer all your questions!
📅 May 19th
⏰ 9 AM PST / 6 PM CET
📍Appwrite YouTube Live
🔗
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@laura_du_ry1 CAN'T WAIT! This week is going to be epic.
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@laura_du_ry1 counting mins ⏳
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@laura_du_ry1 🔥🔥🔥
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@laura_du_ry1 excited for this livestream! 😄
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@laura_du_ry1 Live stream! How exciting!!
tldrbot
Amazing launch!
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@atharvadeosthale Thank you.
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@atharvadeosthale Thank you for supporting!
I respect the startups that make innovative alternatives of existing products by big companies.
Good luck and congratulations.
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@pritraveler Thank you for the encouraging words, Yong! We appreciate it!
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@pritraveler Thanks a lot!! 😁
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@pritraveler we want to democratize access to such technology for everyone! Thank you for your kind words, they motivate us to do more everyday 😄
daily.dev
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@nimrodkramer Thank you for the support, Nimrod!❤️
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@nimrodkramer Thank you ❤️
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@nimrodkramer thank you my friend ❤️
daily.dev
Many congratulations to @eldad_fux , and the AppWrite Team on the launch. Excited about Sites... Looking forward to explore.
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@tapasadhikary Thanks for the support!
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@tapasadhikary appreciate the kind words Tapas! Thank you!
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@eldad_fux @tapasadhikary Thanks Tapas for the kind words! Very excited about the future as well, already hyped to imagine what else Appwrite can bring this year 💥
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@tapasadhikary Thanks for the support! We would love to see you build with Sites!
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Thanks for the support, @tapasadhikary ! Let us know how it goes once you've played around with it! 🙏🏼
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Open-source + seamless deploys = YES.
So proud to see Appwrite Sites live! 🎉🔥
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@devnishant10 💪
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@devnishant10 🎉🎉
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@devnishant10 love to see awesome open source products!
This streamlined deployment for static and server-rendered apps in Appwrite sounds convenient!
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@supa_l It is! Looking forward for you to give it a try!
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@supa_l Thank you for the support!
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@supa_l 💯 that's the goal! Streamline everything for developers!
Graphify
Congrats and very excited how it will be, once I test it 🤝🤝🤝
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@hussein_r Thank you, Hussein! We're excited to get your feedback. Let us know what you think!
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@hussein_r Thanks for the support! 🙏🏼 Curious to hear about your experience once you've tried it!
Your pricing is reasonable. I like it. Congrats on the launch!
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@michael_vavilov Thanks, Michael!
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@michael_vavilov Thanks Michael 🙌 We always aim towards competitive pricing, with main benefit being that we can provide many services "under one roof". That, for many, is exactly the benefit in pricing.
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@michael_vavilov Thank you! Pricing for Sites is free during launch, we aim to introduce fair and competitive pricing around July 1st.
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Great job, team! I can't wait to see what developers will build with it 🔥
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@armannik Pretty excited to see how this turns out! I'm gonna move a number of my projects here now 😌
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@armannik great work on this!
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Now I can build with Appwrite then deploy with Appwrite, idea to production in minutes.
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@damodar_lohani 🔥
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@damodar_lohani I'm prepping to shift a number of my project this way 😀
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@aditya_oberai Definitely, I already have few Flutter web projects in mind.
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@damodar_lohani definitely streamlines it all!