@dang and HN mods - please help cull the bot / employee / astroturf comments dominating the comments here. Thanks!
PS Appwrite devs - the comment spam footgun makes me sad, bc the stuff you're building actually looks worthwhile. IMHO Vercel jumped the shark not long after the "Zeit" name change, and alternative OSS infr / tooling like this deserves support.
A new Appwrite product that lets you deploy and host your websites and web apps right inside Appwrite. No more juggling services. No more gluing things together. No more multiple subscriptions. Just build, deploy, and go live. All in one place, and it's 100% open source, the kind that lets you (really) self-host and (really) own your data.
Appwrite has always been about giving you the tools you need to build fast, secure, and modern apps. However, while Appwrite has always worked hard to deliver a great backend experience, one big piece was missing: web hosting.
Until now, you had to rely on external platforms like Vercel or Netlify to get your web app live. That meant extra configs, more integrations, and one more invoice to worry about. With Sites, that gap is gone.
The best part: Appwrite is a fully open-source platform to offer both frontend hosting and your entire backend. All under one roof. From static sites and SSR apps to databases, authentication, storage, messaging and serverless functions, you can now build, deploy, and scale your entire app stack using just Appwrite.
Coolify is also a great product. Appwrite specifically would compare better with Firebase or Supabase, Appwrite Sites, our new addition to the stack is directly positioned as a Vercel/Netlify alternative
I for one have been tracking Appwrite since it launched and am not affiliated with the company. This is a tough segment to build a business in. It's crowded, and these kinds of opinionated abstractions are limiting once you want flexibility or scale. Still this is clearly a time in which people are looking for good open source options at this layer... Someone has to keep Supabase honest...
Yes and open about it. You can check my other HN posts, including the last one about Appwrite Sites, where I mentioned I'm a team member: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44027691
I also build with Appwrite, so I experience it as a user. You might have noticed some of my products on GitHub, including https://nextjob.work
You can't post a comment like "I really like the direction X is going with this" and fail to mention you're an employee IN THAT SAME COMMENT without violating HN guidelines.
Sorry it came off that way. Not my intention, and to be more direct, I'm not hiding it and do not wish to. Sorry again about that.
Appwrite is fully open-source, which is a big reason I stand behind it.
My role is to represent the developer community and surface their needs, not build the internals. So when I say I like where Appwrite is going, it's coming from that perspective.
@dang and HN mods - please help cull the bot / employee / astroturf comments dominating the comments here. Thanks!
PS Appwrite devs - the comment spam footgun makes me sad, bc the stuff you're building actually looks worthwhile. IMHO Vercel jumped the shark not long after the "Zeit" name change, and alternative OSS infr / tooling like this deserves support.
A new Appwrite product that lets you deploy and host your websites and web apps right inside Appwrite. No more juggling services. No more gluing things together. No more multiple subscriptions. Just build, deploy, and go live. All in one place, and it's 100% open source, the kind that lets you (really) self-host and (really) own your data.
Appwrite has always been about giving you the tools you need to build fast, secure, and modern apps. However, while Appwrite has always worked hard to deliver a great backend experience, one big piece was missing: web hosting.
Until now, you had to rely on external platforms like Vercel or Netlify to get your web app live. That meant extra configs, more integrations, and one more invoice to worry about. With Sites, that gap is gone.
The best part: Appwrite is a fully open-source platform to offer both frontend hosting and your entire backend. All under one roof. From static sites and SSR apps to databases, authentication, storage, messaging and serverless functions, you can now build, deploy, and scale your entire app stack using just Appwrite.
I thought Coolify was the Open Source Vercel?
Coolify is also a great product. Appwrite specifically would compare better with Firebase or Supabase, Appwrite Sites, our new addition to the stack is directly positioned as a Vercel/Netlify alternative
what's with all the bots in the comments?
They all have some affiliation with the company.
This is the most overly positive and least critical HN submission I've ever seen
I for one have been tracking Appwrite since it launched and am not affiliated with the company. This is a tough segment to build a business in. It's crowded, and these kinds of opinionated abstractions are limiting once you want flexibility or scale. Still this is clearly a time in which people are looking for good open source options at this layer... Someone has to keep Supabase honest...
Thanks for the kind words, this indeed is an exciting space to be in.
Pretty scummy behavior for all of these people to comment without disclosing their affiliation with the company.
Thanks for keeping an eye on them - I've been interested in appwrite, but this botting behaviour is really turning me off from them
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Are you affiliated with Appwrite? Your comment history inclines me to believe so.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30775356
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I can build this in a weekend, like a team of hundreds_
xD
They work for the company.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31421863
Oh, so do you https://github.com/ChiragAgg5k
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They're not already? You've made numerous comments on appwrite posts in the past
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28394414
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28434456
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Another appwrite employee
https://github.com/ChiragAgg5k
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Thank you! Excited to get any kind of feedback!
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Do you work at appwrite?
https://github.com/ebenezerdon
Yes and open about it. You can check my other HN posts, including the last one about Appwrite Sites, where I mentioned I'm a team member: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44027691
I also build with Appwrite, so I experience it as a user. You might have noticed some of my products on GitHub, including https://nextjob.work
No, that's not being "open about it".
You can't post a comment like "I really like the direction X is going with this" and fail to mention you're an employee IN THAT SAME COMMENT without violating HN guidelines.
Your previous comment was the absolute opposite of being open, honestly you saying this now makes me not want to go anywhere near this product fwiw.
Sorry it came off that way. Not my intention, and to be more direct, I'm not hiding it and do not wish to. Sorry again about that.
Appwrite is fully open-source, which is a big reason I stand behind it.
My role is to represent the developer community and surface their needs, not build the internals. So when I say I like where Appwrite is going, it's coming from that perspective.
You can check my HN post about Appwrite Sites here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44027691
And just to circle back: Appwrite is fully open-source. I use it in my own products and experience it as a user: https://github.com/ebenezerdon