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Appwrite

Appwrite is an open-source backend server for building web and mobile applications. It provides a wide range of features including user authentication, file storage, database management, cloud functions, and messaging. With Appwrite, developers can easily set up a backend for their applications without writing code from scratch, offering a simple and intuitive API for seamless front-end integration.

Appwrite publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Databases API, Storage API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Applications, Backends, Mobile, and Open Source.

The Appwrite catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.

Appwrite’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, signup flow, pricing, and 12 more developer resources.

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59.8/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 58/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs 1 MCP Servers 11 Agent Skills
ApplicationsBackendsMobileOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 59.8/100 · strong
Contract Quality 21.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 5.7 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 58/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Appwrite Account API

User account management

Appwrite Databases API

Database and collection management

Appwrite Storage API

File storage management

Appwrite Users API

Server-side user management (requires server key)

Postman Collections 4

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Appwrite Account API

POSTMAN

Appwrite Account Databases API

POSTMAN

Appwrite Account Storage API

POSTMAN

Appwrite Account Users API

POSTMAN

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 11

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

appwrite-cli

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-dart

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-dotnet

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-go

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-kotlin

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-php

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-python

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-ruby

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-rust

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-swift

AGENT SKILL

appwrite-typescript

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GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Appwrite GraphQL API

Appwrite exposes its full backend API surface through a GraphQL endpoint that mirrors every REST operation. All services — Account, Databases, Storage, Functions, Teams, Locale,...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Appwrite Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Appwrite Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Appwrite Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Appwrite Realtime API

AsyncAPI specification for the Appwrite Realtime WebSocket API. Appwrite Realtime lets clients subscribe to channels and receive callbacks whenever a subscribed resource changes...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Appwrite Context

10 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 3

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Appwrite API Rules

7 rules · 1 errors 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Appwrite API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Appwrite API Rules

23 rules · 8 errors 14 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

User

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

User Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

User Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Appwrite Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Appwrite Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Appwrite Agentic Access

5 operations · 1 acting

5 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkills
AgentSkills
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community
Community
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: appwrite
name: Appwrite
description: Appwrite is an open-source backend server for building web and mobile applications. It provides a wide range
  of features including user authentication, file storage, database management, cloud functions, and messaging. With Appwrite,
  developers can easily set up a backend for their applications without writing code from scratch, offering a simple and intuitive
  API for seamless front-end integration.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/appwrite.png
tags:
- Applications
- Backends
- Mobile
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/appwrite/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-02-17'
modified: '2026-05-29'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: appwrite:appwrite-account-api
  name: Appwrite Account API
  description: User account management
  humanURL: https://appwrite.io/
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/appwrite-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://appwrite.io/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/appwrite-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/user-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/user-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/user-example.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/appwrite-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/appwrite-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/appwrite-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/appwrite-graphql.md
- aid: appwrite:appwrite-databases-api
  name: Appwrite Databases API
  description: Database and collection management
  humanURL: https://appwrite.io/
  tags:
  - Databases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/appwrite-databases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://appwrite.io/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/appwrite-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/user-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/user-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/user-example.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/appwrite-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/appwrite-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/appwrite-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/appwrite-graphql.md
- aid: appwrite:appwrite-storage-api
  name: Appwrite Storage API
  description: File storage management
  humanURL: https://appwrite.io/
  tags:
  - Storage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/appwrite-storage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://appwrite.io/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/appwrite-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/user-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/user-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/user-example.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/appwrite-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/appwrite-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/appwrite-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/appwrite-graphql.md
- aid: appwrite:appwrite-users-api
  name: Appwrite Users API
  description: Server-side user management (requires server key)
  humanURL: https://appwrite.io/
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/appwrite-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://appwrite.io/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/appwrite-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/user-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/user-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/user-example.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/appwrite-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/appwrite-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/appwrite-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/appwrite-graphql.md
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/appwrite/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/appwrite-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/appwrite-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/appwrite-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/appwrite
- type: Website
  url: https://appwrite.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://appwrite.io/docs
- type: Blog
  url: https://appwrite.io/blog
- type: Community
  url: https://appwrite.io/community
- type: Signup
  url: https://cloud.appwrite.io/register
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.appwrite.io/login
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/appwrite
- type: Pricing
  url: https://appwrite.io/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.appwrite.online/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://appwrite.io/integrations
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/appwrite/mcp-for-api
  type: MCPServer
- name: Agent Skills
  url: https://github.com/appwrite/agent-skills
  type: AgentSkills
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://appwrite.io/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Text to speech with ElevenLabs AI
- name: MCP with Cursor MCP
- name: OAuth with X Auth
- name: Self-host Appwrite with MongoDB Databases
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com