Appwrite Has a Free API — Self-Hosted Backend That Does Everything

Appwrite is a self-hosted backend-as-a-service with auth, databases, storage, functions, and real-time — all in one Docker deployment. It's Firebase you actually own. Why Appwrite? Self-hosted — Docker install, you own everything Everything built-in — auth, DB, storage, functions, messaging 14+ SDKs — web, mobile, server-side, CLI Free tier (cloud) — 75K requests, 2GB bandwidth, 10GB storage Quick Start (Self-Hosted) docker run -it --rm \ --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ --volume " $( pwd ) " /appwrite:/usr/src/code/appwrite:rw \ --entrypoint = "install" \ appwrite/appwrite:1.6.0 # Console at http://localhost JavaScript SDK npm install appwrite import { Client , Account , Databases } from ' appwrite ' ; const client = new Client () . setEndpoint ( ' https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1 ' ) . setProject ( ' YOUR_PROJECT_ID ' ); const account = new Account ( client ); const databases = new Databases ( client ); Auth // Sign up await account . create ( ' unique() ' , ' alice@e