# Appwrite 2.0.0-rc.1

- Product: Appwrite (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/appwrite)
- Vendor: Appwrite
- Date: 2026-08-27
- Version: 2.0.0-rc.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/appwrite/releases/2.0.0-rc.1
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Console completely rebuilt with new navigation model, redesigned resource views, and built-in terminal
- **added** — PostgreSQL support as the default database
- **added** — Embeddings API for generating text embeddings
- **added** — Usage service for self-hosted instances with resource-scoped metrics
- **added** — Console notifications
- **added** — Gitea and Origin VCS providers support
- **added** — Sites build on the orchestrator backend with framework detection from config files
- **added** — Custom MFA challenge factor
- **added** — Gravatar and OAuth2 avatar support
- **added** — Realtime event tail for live console events
- **added** — Geo service
- **added** — New health check endpoint

First release candidate for self-hosted 2.0.0. **Pre-release — not recommended for production.**

##### Highlights

- **A completely rebuilt console.** The web interface has been rewritten from the ground up, with a new
  navigation model, redesigned resource views and a built-in terminal.
- **PostgreSQL is now supported, and is the default database.** MariaDB and MongoDB remain available.
- **Embeddings API** for generating text embeddings.
- **Usage service** for self-hosted instances, with resource-scoped metrics.
- **Notifications** in the console.
- **Gitea and Origin VCS providers**, alongside GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.
- **Sites build on the orchestrator backend**, with framework detection from config files.
- **Custom MFA challenge factor**, plus gravatar and OAuth2 avatar support.
- **Realtime event tail** for live console events.
- **Geo service** and a new health check endpoint.

##### Try it

```bash
docker run -it --rm \
    --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    --volume "$(pwd)"/appwrite:/usr/src/code/appwrite:rw \
    --entrypoint="install" \
    appwrite/appwrite:2.0.0-rc.1
```

Upgrading from 1.9.x uses the same command with `--entrypoint="upgrade"`. **Back up your data first.**

Please report anything you hit. Upgrade paths from 1.9.x on MariaDB and MongoDB are the most useful to exercise.