Appwrite is an end-to-end backend server for Web, Mobile, Native, or Backend apps packaged as a set of Docker microservices. Appwrite abstracts the complexity and repetitiveness required to build a modern backend API from scratch and allows you to build secure apps faster.
Using Appwrite, you can easily integrate your app with user authentication & multiple sign-in methods, a database for storing and querying users and team data, storage and file management, image manipulation, schedule CRON tasks, and [more services](https://appwrite.io/docs).
Appwrite backend server is designed to run in a container environment. Running your server is as easy as running one command from your terminal. You can either run Appwrite on your localhost using docker-compose or on any other container orchestration tool like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, or Rancher.
The easiest way to start running your Appwrite server is by running our docker-compose file. Before running the installation command make sure you have [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop) installed on your machine:
Once the Docker installation completes, go to http://localhost to access the Appwrite console from your browser. Please note that on non-linux native hosts, the server might take a few minutes to start after installation completes.
For advanced production and custom installation, check out our Docker [environment variables](docs/tutorials/environment-variables.md) docs. You can also use our public [docker-compose.yml](https://appwrite.io/docker-compose.yml) file to manually set up and environment.
Getting started with Appwrite is as easy as creating a new project, choosing your platform, and integrating its SDK in your code. You can easily get started with your platform of choice by reading one of our Getting Started tutorials.
* [**Account**](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account) - Manage current user authentication and account. Track and manage the user sessions, devices, sign-in methods, and security logs.
* [**Users**](https://appwrite.io/docs/server/users) - Manage and list all project users when in admin mode.
* [**Teams**](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/teams) - Manage and group users in teams. Manage memberships, invites, and user roles within a team.
* [**Database**](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/database) - Manage database collections and documents. Read, create, update, and delete documents and filter lists of documents collections using an advanced filter with graph-like capabilities.
* [**Storage**](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/storage) - Manage storage files. Read, create, delete, and preview files. Manipulate the preview of your files to fit your app perfectly. All files are scanned by ClamAV and stored in a secure and encrypted way.
* [**Functions**](https://appwrite.io/docs/server/functions) - Customize your Appwrite server by executing your custom code in an isolate environment, you can trigger your code on any Appwrite system event, manually or using a CRON schedule.
For the complete API documentation, visit [https://appwrite.io/docs](https://appwrite.io/docs). For more tutorials, news and announcements check out our [blog](https://medium.com/appwrite-io) and [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/GSeTUeA).
Below is a list of currently supported platforms and languages. If you wish to help us add support to your platform of choice, you can go over to our [SDK Generator](https://github.com/appwrite/sdk-generator) project and view our [contribution guide](https://github.com/appwrite/sdk-generator/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
All code contributions - including those of people having commit access - must go through a pull request and approved by a core developer before being merged. This is to ensure proper review of all the code.
We truly ❤️ pull requests! If you wish to help, you can learn more about how you can contribute to this project in the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
Join our growing community around the world! Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/appwrite_io), [Facebook Page](https://www.facebook.com/appwrite.io), [Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/appwrite.developers/) or join our live [Discord server](https://discord.gg/GSeTUeA) for more help, ideas, and discussions.