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Appwrite

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Velocity7.5

Appwrite broadens from Firebase alternative to full app platform, adding realtime primitives and agent tooling.

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◆Current state
Appwrite is shipping across its whole surface at once: a new first-class Presences API for realtime status, runtime breadth (Dart, Flutter, Bun, Deno), Git deployment triggers with branch and path filters, faster parallel Storage uploads, Auth email policies, and an Appwrite plugin now in the official Claude marketplace. Database work is maturing too, with relationships hitting GA and BigInt columns added.
◆Where it's heading
The platform is filling in primitives that push it past a backend-as-a-service toolkit toward an application platform. Presences targets multiplayer and live-collaboration apps; runtime and deployment controls court serious teams and monorepos; the Claude marketplace listing plants a flag in agent-native development. The throughline is reducing the reasons a team would reach outside Appwrite.
◆Prediction
Expect continued realtime and collaboration primitives building on Presences, plus deeper agent/MCP tooling now that the plugin is in the official marketplace.

◆Recent moves

  1. 18d ago

    Enforce minimum length and character rules with Password strength

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  2. 19d ago

    The Appwrite plugin is now in the official Claude marketplace

    The Appwrite plugin — bundling agent skills and MCP servers for the API and docs — is now in the official Claude marketplace, so a single command installs it without adding a separate marketplace. Distribution polish on the agent-tooling bet rather than a new capability.

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  3. 29d ago

    Control automatic Git deployments with build triggers

    Git deployment triggers add branch and path filters for Functions and Sites, with exclusion patterns. A targeted fix for monorepos and preview workflows where one folder shouldn't rebuild everything.

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  4. 1mo ago

    Dart 3.12 lands on Functions and Flutter 3.44 on Sites

    Dart 3.12 joins Functions and Flutter 3.44 joins Sites as supported runtimes. Continues the steady widening of language and framework coverage across the platform.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Track who is online with the new Presences API

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    A first-class Presences API lands for short-lived user statuses — online, away, typing, editing — broadcast over dedicated Realtime channels with automatic expiry. It opens Appwrite to multiplayer and live-collaboration use cases that previously required custom infrastructure.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Up to 7x faster Appwrite Storage uploads with parallel chunks

    SDKs now upload Storage chunks in parallel where the runtime allows, cutting a 1.28 GB Node upload from 4m44s to under 40s with no API changes. A concrete performance win that strengthens Appwrite for large-file workloads.

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