Install appwrite with Homebrew

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository
• Upstream docs
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

• appwrite

Project history

The CLI developed as an official Appwrite SDK surface rather than as a separate third-party wrapper. Appwrite's documentation describes it as an application for interacting with Appwrite from a terminal, including project/resource management, function deployment, and API operations.

The modern CLI is distributed from the official appwrite/sdk-for-cli repository and is released both as npm package tooling and as standalone binaries. Recent releases show active work around Appwrite Cloud, OAuth/device login flows, generated command coverage, and deployment commands such as init, pull, push, and run.

Adoption history

The CLI is part of Appwrite's official developer workflow: the installation guide documents npm, Homebrew, shell installer, PowerShell, and Scoop paths. In package-manager culture it is notable because the Homebrew formula installs a cloud-platform CLI whose canonical use is project scaffolding and deployment rather than local daemon administration.

The supplied package metadata records Homebrew packaging for the brew:appwrite formula. Appwrite's own docs also name Homebrew as an installation path, so the formula is not merely a community convenience; it is one of the documented upstream install methods.

How it is used

Typical use starts with appwrite login, then appwrite init project, which creates appwrite.config.json for project ID, endpoint, and deployable resources. The CLI can then pull or push functions, tables, teams, topics, buckets, and other project resources.

For automation, the same executable doubles as a Server SDK-like command surface: Appwrite documents a command for every Server API endpoint and options for JSON output, verbose errors, force mode, and non-interactive operation.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Appwrite CLI is a good example of a SaaS platform shipping a first-party CLI through both language-package and OS-package channels. Its formula matters because teams can pin the same Appwrite deployment tool in laptop bootstrap scripts and CI images without pulling in a Node project dependency tree.

The config split introduced in CLI 20.0.0 and later is also package-manager-relevant: the CLI's local appwrite.config.json becomes a declarative deployment manifest that lives with source code, much like Terraform files or Kubernetes manifests.

Timeline

• 2025: Appwrite CLI 20.0.0 and later support multi-file project configuration through appwrite.config.json includes.
• 2026: Release 22.x continues active CLI development with OAuth, regional endpoint, and deployment workflow changes.

Related projects

• Appwrite server and Appwrite Cloud are the backend targets for the CLI.
• The Appwrite Server SDKs are adjacent generated API clients; the CLI exposes similar server-side operations from a terminal.

Sources

• https://appwrite.io/docs/tooling/command-line/commands
• https://appwrite.io/docs/tooling/command-line/installation
• https://github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-cli/releases
• source_facts.package-manager