Show HN: Appwrite Sites – the open-source vercel alternative

[eldad_fux]

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.

[chrisweekly]

@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.

[cAtte_]

what's with all the bots in the comments?

[hiatus]

They all have some affiliation with the company.

[rubenvanwyk]

I thought Coolify was the Open Source Vercel?

[eldad_fux]

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

[navs]

This is the most overly positive and least critical HN submission I've ever seen

[redwood]

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...

[eldad_fux]

Thanks for the kind words, this indeed is an exciting space to be in.

[hiatus]

Pretty scummy behavior for all of these people to comment without disclosing their affiliation with the company.

[tommica]

Thanks for keeping an eye on them - I've been interested in appwrite, but this botting behaviour is really turning me off from them

[hiatus]

Are you affiliated with Appwrite? Your comment history inclines me to believe so.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30775356

[chiragagg5k]

I can build this in a weekend, like a team of hundreds_

xD

[hiatus]

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

[hiatus]

Another appwrite employee

https://github.com/ChiragAgg5k

[eldad_fux]

Thank you! Excited to get any kind of feedback!

[hiatus]

Do you work at appwrite?

https://github.com/ebenezerdon