Appwrite CLI

Installation

# npm
npm install -g appwrite-cli

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install 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"

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

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

Configuration

# Authenticate with Appwrite
appwrite login

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

appwrite.config.json

All resources are configured in a single appwrite.config.json file at the project root:

{
    "projectId": "<PROJECT_ID>",
    "endpoint": "https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1",
    "functions": [],
    "sites": [],
    "tablesDB": [],
    "tables": [],
    "buckets": [],
    "teams": [],
    "topics": []
}

Deploying Functions

# Create a new function
appwrite init functions

# Pull existing functions from Console
appwrite pull functions

# Deploy functions
appwrite push functions

Function configuration in appwrite.config.json

{
    "functions": [
        {
            "$id": "<FUNCTION_ID>",
            "name": "userAuth",
            "enabled": true,
            "live": true,
            "logging": true,
            "runtime": "node-18.0",
            "deployment": "<DEPLOYMENT_ID>",
            "vars": [],
            "events": [],
            "schedule": "",
            "timeout": 15,
            "entrypoint": "userAuth.js",
            "commands": "npm install",
            "version": "v3",
            "path": "functions/userAuth"
        }
    ]
}

Function commands

Trigger a function with body

appwrite functions create-execution \
    --function-id <FUNCTION_ID> \
    --body '{"key": "value"}'

Local development

appwrite run functions

Deploying Sites

# Create a new site
appwrite init sites

# Pull existing sites from Console
appwrite pull sites

# Deploy sites
appwrite push sites

Site configuration in appwrite.config.json

{
    "sites": [
        {
            "$id": "<SITE_ID>",
            "name": "Documentation template",
            "enabled": true,
            "logging": true,
            "framework": "astro",
            "timeout": 30,
            "installCommand": "npm install",
            "buildCommand": "npm run build",
            "outputDirectory": "./dist",
            "specification": "s-1vcpu-512mb",
            "buildRuntime": "node-22",
            "adapter": "ssr",
            "fallbackFile": "",
            "path": "sites/documentation-template"
        }
    ]
}

Site commands

Managing Tables (Databases)

# Create a new table
appwrite init tables

# Pull existing tables from Console
appwrite pull tables

# Deploy tables
appwrite push tables

Table configuration in appwrite.config.json

{
    "tablesDB": [
        {
            "$id": "<DATABASE_ID>",
            "name": "songs",
            "enabled": true
        }
    ],
    "tables": [
        {
            "$id": "<TABLE_ID>",
            "$permissions": ["create(\"any\")", "read(\"any\")"],
            "databaseId": "<DATABASE_ID>",
            "name": "music",
            "enabled": true,
            "rowSecurity": false,
            "columns": [
                {
                    "key": "title",
                    "type": "varchar",
                    "required": true,
                    "size": 255
                }
            ],
            "indexes": []
        }
    ]
}

Database commands (TablesDB)

Column type commands

Note: The legacy string type is deprecated. Use explicit string column types instead.

All column commands use appwrite tables-db <command> --database-id <ID> --table-id <ID>.

Row operations

# Create a row
appwrite tables-db create-row \
    --database-id "<DATABASE_ID>" --table-id "<TABLE_ID>" \
    --row-id 'unique()' --data '{ "title": "Hello World" }' \
    --permissions 'read("any")' 'write("team:abc")'

# List rows (JSON output)
appwrite tables-db list-rows \
    --database-id "<DATABASE_ID>" --table-id "<TABLE_ID>" --json

# Get a row
appwrite tables-db get-row \
    --database-id "<DATABASE_ID>" --table-id "<TABLE_ID>" --row-id "<ROW_ID>"

Managing Buckets (Storage)

# Create a new bucket
appwrite init buckets

# Pull existing buckets from Console
appwrite pull buckets

# Deploy buckets
appwrite push buckets

Storage commands

Managing Teams

# Create a new team
appwrite init teams

# Pull existing teams from Console
appwrite pull teams

# Deploy teams
appwrite push teams

Team commands

Managing Topics (Messaging)

# Create a new topic
appwrite init topics

# Pull existing topics from Console
appwrite pull topics

# Deploy topics
appwrite push topics

Messaging commands

User Management

# Create a user
appwrite users create --user-id "unique()" \
    --email hello@appwrite.io

# List users
appwrite users list

# Get a user
appwrite users get --user-id "<USER_ID>"

# Delete a user
appwrite users delete --user-id "<USER_ID>"

Generate Type-Safe SDK

# Auto-detect language and generate
appwrite generate

# Specify output directory
appwrite generate --output ./src/generated

# Specify language
appwrite generate --language typescript

Generated files:

Usage:

import { databases } from "./generated/appwrite";

const customers = databases.use("main").use("customers");

// Create
const customer = await customers.create({
    name: "Walter O' Brian",
    email: "walter@example.com"
});

// List with typed queries
const results = await customers.list({
    queries: (q) => [
        q.equal("name", "Walter O' Brian"),
        q.orderDesc("$createdAt"),
        q.limit(10)
    ]
});

// Update
await customers.update("customer-id-123", {
    email: "walter@scorpion.com"
});

// Delete
await customers.delete("customer-id-123");

// Bulk create
await customers.createMany([
    { name: "Walter O' Brian", email: "walter@example.com" },
    { name: "Paige Dineen", email: "paige@example.com" }
]);

Non-Interactive / CI/CD Mode

For headless automation, see the Non-Interactive Mode docs.

Deploy non-interactively

# Push everything
appwrite push all --all --force

# Push specific resources
appwrite push functions --all --force
appwrite push functions --function-id <FUNCTION_ID> --force
appwrite push sites --all --force
appwrite push tables --all --force
appwrite push teams --all --force
appwrite push buckets --all --force
appwrite push topics --all --force

Global Command Options

Examples

# List users with JSON output
appwrite users list --json

# Get verbose error output
appwrite users list --verbose

# View a row in the Console
appwrite tables-db get-row \
    --database-id "<DATABASE_ID>" \
    --table-id "<TABLE_ID>" \
    --row-id "<ROW_ID>" \
    --console --open

# Generate error report
appwrite login --report