Changelog

• Nov 21, 2025

  You can now disable image transformations for buckets

  You can now disable image transformations for any storage bucket.

  Image transformations allow actions like resizing, cropping, and format conversion through the Appwrite Storage API. With this update, you have full control to turn off these operations when they're not needed, reducing the chance of unintentional processing or costs.

  This update is useful if you:

  • Want to avoid unexpected transformation charges.
  • Need to restrict buckets to serve only original files.
  • Want greater control over how images are accessed and displayed.

  You can find the toggle in your bucket settings under Image transformations.

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• Nov 19, 2025

  Skip total counts for faster list queries

  You can now skip totals with a simple total=false flag and get faster, lighter list responses without the extra database work.

  What’s new

  • Added a new request flag: total=false on all list* endpoints
  • When enabled, Appwrite skips the COUNT query entirely
  • Response includes total: 0 while still returning items normally
  • Fully backwards-compatible: default behaviour remains unchanged
  • Works best with cursor-based pagination
  • Applies consistently across all list-like API calls

  Immediate benefits

  • Faster API responses for large and filtered result sets
  • Lower database and CPU load, improving stability under heavy read traffic
  • Better UX for infinite scroll and mobile clients that don’t rely on totals
  • Reduced cloud infrastructure cost by avoiding unnecessary COUNT operations

  This feature is now live on both Appwrite Cloud and Self-hosted instances

  Learn more from the documentation

• Nov 4, 2025

  Announcing DB operators: Update multiple fields without fetching the entire row

  Updating just one field in a row, like incrementing a counter or adding a tag, used to require reading and rewriting the entire document. This added latency, wasted bandwidth, and created risks of lost updates under high concurrency.

  What’s new:

  • Introduced DB Operators v1, enabling inline, atomic field-level updates.
  • Support for numeric, array, string, and date operations.
  • Perform multiple field updates in a single atomic call.
  • Type-safe SDK methods for clarity and safety.
  • Transaction-ready, can be combined with other database operations.

  Immediate benefits

  • Always consistent. No race conditions or lost updates.
  • Lower latency and bandwidth usage.
  • Cleaner, more expressive code. One call, clear intent.
  • Composable updates across multiple fields.

  Live now on Appwrite Cloud. Coming soon to self-hosted deployments.

  Read the announcement to learn more

• Oct 30, 2025

  Next.js 16 Support (Server-Side Rendering)

  Appwrite Sites now fully supports Next.js 16, including Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and the latest framework improvements such as Cache Components, Turbopack, and refined caching APIs.

  You can deploy applications built with Next.js 16 directly on Appwrite Sites with zero configuration changes.

  Highlights:

  • Full SSR compatibility with Next.js 16.
  • Built-in support for static, dynamic, and hybrid rendering modes.
  • Optimized deployment flow using Turbopack for faster build times.

  This update ensures seamless deployment and improved performance for all projects using the latest Next.js release.

  Deploy a Next.js app to Appwrite Sites

• Oct 29, 2025

  Appwrite Sites now offers unlimited sites on the free plan

  When we launched Appwrite Sites in early access, our goal was clear: make deploying modern web projects as easy and integrated as building them. From the start, we intended for developers to have full flexibility, to deploy, test, and scale without limits.

  But before opening things up, we needed to ensure that the platform was stable, fast, and reliable for everyone. That’s why, during the initial rollout, we limited Sites to one per project. This gave us the room to validate performance, harden our infrastructure, and refine the developer experience.

  Now that Appwrite Sites has matured, it’s time to lift that constraint. On the free plan, you can deploy unlimited sites per project.

  Read the announcement