Appwrite

Appwrite

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A secure open-source backend server provides the core APIs required to build web and mobile applications. Appwrite provides authentication, database, storage, functions, messaging, and advanced realtime capabilities.
This is the 5th launch from Appwrite. View more
Appwrite Sites

Appwrite Sites

The open-source Vercel alternative
Appwrite Sites was ranked #4 of the month for May 2025
Appwrite Sites was ranked #4 of the week for May 19th, 2025
Appwrite Sites was ranked #1 of the day for May 19th, 2025
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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Eldad Fux
Maker
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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

Nishant Jain

@eldad_fux Super excited to see how this simplifies workflows for devs everywhere. Let’s gooo! πŸ™Œ 

Eldad Fux

@devnishant10 β€οΈ

Ludwig

@eldad_fux I love building with Appwrite but this feature makes it even more awesome. Very excited πŸ”₯

Laura Du Ry

@eldad_fux  @ludwigsonneck Thanks Ludwig! We're excited to see what you build next πŸ’ͺ

Eldad Fux

@ludwigsonneck This is so great to hear! Thank you so much, can't wait to see what you're going to deploy!

Sara

@eldad_fux Let's GO! πŸŽ‰

Laura Du Ry

@eldad_fux amazing work!!! Go team AppwriteπŸ”₯

Chirag Aggarwal

@eldad_fux Letss goooo!!!! super exicted for thisssss, finally all in one platform for.. EVERYTHING! πŸ”₯πŸŽ‰

Eldad Fux

@chiragagg5k exactly -> build, deploy, scale!

Sebastien Lorber

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...)

Eldad Fux

@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.

Matej Bačo

@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.

Laura Du Ry

@sebastienlorber Thank you Sebastian!

We're excited to have Docusaurus template on Appwrite Sites!

Sebastien Lorber

@laura_du_ry1 np, another interesting option to host Docusaurus sites, curious to see it in action!

Suryansh Tiwari

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 β€” that’s powerful. Kudos to the Appwrite team for building such a developer-first experience!

Damodar Lohani

@suryansh_tiwari2 Thank you for the shout-out.

Eldad Fux

@suryansh_tiwari2 Thank you so much!

Laura Du Ry

@suryansh_tiwari2 Thank you Suryansh! Open-source means a lot to Appwrite and we're so excited to bring hosting to the platform!

Ebenezer Don

@suryansh_tiwari2 πŸ’― Right!

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