cli

Appwrite CLI

Installation

# npm
npm install -g appwrite-cli

# macOS (Homebrew native binary)
brew tap appwrite/appwrite
brew install appwrite/appwrite/appwrite

# macOS / Linux (script)
curl -sL https://appwrite.io/cli/install.sh | bash

# Windows (Scoop)
scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appwrite/sdk-for-cli/master/scoop/appwrite.config.json

Verify installation:

appwrite -v

Login & Initialization

# Login to your account
appwrite login

# Login to a self-hosted instance
appwrite login --endpoint "https://your-instance.com/v1"

# Switch to a different saved account
appwrite login --switch

# Initialize a project (creates appwrite.config.json)
appwrite init project

# Verify by fetching project info
appwrite projects get --project-id "<PROJECT_ID>"

appwrite whoami can show https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1 as the account login endpoint. That is expected for Appwrite Cloud login. Do not rewrite it to a regional endpoint. Only project configuration and project-scoped API calls use the region endpoint, such as https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1.

Configuration

# Switch endpoint/project for scripted use
appwrite client --endpoint "https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1"
appwrite client --project-id "<PROJECT_ID>"

For the full list of CLI commands, see CLI Commands. For headless / CI/CD usage, see Non-Interactive Mode.

appwrite.config.json

Resources can be configured inline in appwrite.config.json or split into separate JSON array files using includes.

{
    "projectId": "<PROJECT_ID>",
    "projectName": "Production",
    "endpoint": "https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1",
    "includes": {
        "functions": "appwrite/functions.json",
        "sites": "appwrite/sites.json",
        "webhooks": "appwrite/webhooks.json"
    },
    "settings": {
        "services": {
            "account": true,
            "databases": true,
            "functions": true,
            "sites": true,
            "messaging": true
        },
        "protocols": {
            "rest": true,
            "graphql": true,
            "websocket": true
        },
        "auth": {
            "methods": {
                "email-password": true,
                "magic-url": true
            },
            "security": {
                "sessionsLimit": 10,
                "passwordDictionary": true
            }
        }
    },
    "tablesDB": [],
    "tables": [],
    "buckets": [],
    "teams": [],
    "topics": []
}