As you will get into the depth of app development you will realize that you have some great ideas but you don't have the resources to make those ideas a reality. Consider this, you have an idea but you also need a server for that, but building your custom server is a lot of pain for a front-end developer.

• you have to buy and keep your server online 24/7
• you have to write all the backend code for the server
• creating and managing the databases
• managing a server requires a lot of attention too

That is when Appwrite comes to the rescue and it's the best out there.

Appwrite is a new open-source, end-to-end, back-end server for front-end and mobile developers that allows you to build apps much faster. Its goal is to abstract and simplify common development tasks behind REST APIs and tools, helping developers build advanced apps faster.

Appwrite has a bunch of products to speed up your development on any platform:

• Database: Store, query, and manage access control to your app documents

• The Appwrite Database service lets you integrate with your users and app data directly from your client app, whether it’s a browser or a native app. Each document in the database has the ability to nest other child documents. Using the Appwrite database filters you can apply advanced queries and filter the nested documents collection.
• Storage: The Appwrite Storage service is the easiest way to let you or your app users upload and manage their files securely and simply.

The API takes advantage of the same simple read and write permissions mechanism that the database uses. This allows you to easily decide whether your files could be accessed by all users, specific users or even teams of users.

Appwrite Storage API allows you to easily integrate secure file upload in your application.

Appwrite Storage service also offers built-in integration with an auto-updated anti-virus server. All new files that are uploaded to your system are scanned and validated to keep you and your users safe.

One of the most useful features is the ability to preview the content of your files and show them as thumbnails in your app or website. You can also change the size of your thumbnail dynamically, convert them between different image formats (webp is supported!) and change their quality to improve network performance.

• Users: Authenticate, confirm and manage your users using multiple sign in methods

• Besides managing access control to your app and its various resources, the Auth service also abstracts other repeating tasks such as managing user email confirmation and password recovery.

The Auth service saves a lot of the time and concerns that come with building a stable and secure user authentication and authorization system that has to integrate with multiple third-party login methods.

• GEO & Localization: Detect your user's location, locale and fetch GEO related data
• Functions: Run your backend code in a secure and isolated environment to customize your app
• Console: Track your backend API usage and manage your project resources from a modern UI
• Privacy: Own your data. Easily setup Appwrite self-hosted solution on your infrastructure
• Security: Built-in end-to-end security for your backend API both in transit and at rest.
• Avatars: Manage your users’ avatars, countries’ flags, browser icons, credit card symbols, and generate QR codes.

It’s Quick to Get Started, Easy to Grow

All of Appwrite SDKs are carefully designed to make developers' lives easier.

Grab the Appwrite Web SDK:

Configure your SDK and start sending calls:

Webhooks

Want to receive an SMS when a new user registers to your app? Want to purge the cache when one of your app documents gets updates? Just add a new webhook that triggers an HTTP endpoint on your end when the specific Appwrite event triggers. Using Appwrite Webhooks you’re only limited by your imagination.

And finally about the community-the best out there...friendly and supportive

Conclusion

Well, the above has described as it to be one of the best open-source backend frameworks that are being used by developers. Consider it and make sure to use any one of them if you want to develop your application in an extraordinary way.

What's Next

That was it about introducing Appwrite to all the fellow developers and community. I hope you'll try and tell me your experience in the comments. However, For future blogs, I’ll explore some of the features in more depth and explain how to integrate them into your code as well.

Till then, Do checkout the official documentation of Appwrite and get started with the web, mobile, or flutter development, etc.

And as it's an open-source community, Do join their discord community and spread the word about Appwrite and if you would also like to contribute -> github.com/appwrite/appwrite

Happy Appwriting ♥ appwrite.io