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appwrite

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Open-source backend platform for web and mobile apps

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$ npx launchfile up appwrite

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts appwrite with all dependencies.

Image: appwrite/appwrite:latest
Launchfile View on GitHub
# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: appwrite
description: "Open-source backend platform for web and mobile apps"

# GAP: Appwrite uses MariaDB. The spec allows arbitrary resource types via
# (string & {}) so type: mariadb works, but there are no well-known $prop
# mappings defined for mariadb specifically.

components:
  main:
    image: appwrite/appwrite:latest
    provides:
      - protocol: http
        port: 80
        exposed: true
    requires:
      - type: redis
        set_env:
          _APP_REDIS_HOST: $host
          _APP_REDIS_PORT: $port
      - type: mariadb
        set_env:
          _APP_DB_HOST: $host
          _APP_DB_PORT: $port
          _APP_DB_USER: $user
          _APP_DB_PASS: $password
          _APP_DB_SCHEMA: $name
    env:
      _APP_ENV:
        default: "production"
      _APP_OPENSSL_KEY_V1:
        generator: secret
        sensitive: true
      _APP_DOMAIN:
        required: true
        description: "Public domain for the Appwrite instance"
    health: /v1/health
    restart: always

  worker:
    image: appwrite/appwrite:latest
    commands:
      start: "worker-audits"
    requires:
      - type: redis
        set_env:
          _APP_REDIS_HOST: $host
          _APP_REDIS_PORT: $port
    depends_on:
      - "main"
    restart: always

  scheduler:
    image: appwrite/appwrite:latest
    commands:
      start: "schedule-functions"
    requires:
      - type: redis
        set_env:
          _APP_REDIS_HOST: $host
          _APP_REDIS_PORT: $port
    depends_on:
      - "main"
    restart: always

Required Services

mariadbredis

Components

3 components in this Launchfile.

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