What is Appwrite?
Appwrite is an open-source backend-as-a-service platform that allows developers to build web and mobile applications quickly without managing servers. It provides a set of easy-to-use APIs and developer SDKs to abstract complex backend functionality so developers can focus on building their applications.
Some key features Appwrite provides include:
- Databases - Document and NoSQL databases for storing application data.
- Authentication - User management, sessions, permissions, OAuth, two-factor authentication.
- Storage - File storage supporting uploads, downloads, preview image generation.
- Functions - Running serverless code snippets to automate tasks.
- Notifications - Send emails and push notifications.
- Internationalization - Translate app to multiple languages.
- API Clients - Auto-generated client SDKs for web, Android, iOS, Flutter.
Appwrite handles security, scaling, high availability, backups out of the box allowing developers to go to market faster. It can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure or deployed on a cloud provider.
Overall, Appwrite simplifies and accelerates modern application development by eliminating complex devops tasks related to the backend infrastructure.