Appwrite

Appwrite describes itself as an open-source Firebase alternative, packaging authentication, databases, storage, cloud functions, and real-time subscriptions into a self-contained backend platform that developers can host themselves or use through Appwrite Cloud. The open-source model has been central to its growth — developers who are uncomfortable putting user data and credentials in a third-party service can run a full Appwrite stack on their own servers with a single Docker Compose command, while still accessing the same SDK abstractions they would use against the managed cloud. Over time the project has expanded from a self-host-only tool to a cloud offering that competes directly with Firebase and Supabase.

Appwrite Cloud's architecture distributes platform components — the API server, database engine, storage backend, function execution environment, and real-time event bus — across managed infrastructure. The API server is the entry point for all SDK calls; database queries, file uploads, function invocations, and auth operations all route through it before reaching the relevant backend service. This makes the API tier the single most impactful failure point: an unhealthy API server causes failures across all product areas simultaneously. Real-time subscriptions, which applications use for live data updates, are additionally sensitive to WebSocket infrastructure health separate from the HTTP API.

Platform incidents at Appwrite Cloud surface differently depending on which component is affected. Authentication failures prevent users from logging into applications built on Appwrite, which is often the most user-visible consequence because login is the entry point to every session. Database query errors produce 500 responses from the Appwrite API that the client SDK surfaces as exceptions, breaking any application data operation. Storage uploads and downloads fail with network errors when the object storage layer is degraded. Cloud Functions invocations either time out or return error responses, breaking any backend logic that the application relies on at runtime.

Outage.gg tracks Appwrite Cloud status using real-time community reports from developers. If authentication is broken, database operations are failing, or functions are timing out, the live status page shows current incident data from the Appwrite user community.