# Appwrite 2.0.0

- Product: Appwrite (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/appwrite)
- Vendor: Appwrite
- Date: 2026-09-04
- Version: 2.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/releases/tag/2.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/appwrite/releases/2.0.0

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- **added** — Console IV with new navigation model, redesigned resource views, notifications and realtime event tail
- **added** — Appwrite Terminal runs the Appwrite CLI inside the Console with session and project already configured
- **added** — Appwrite Explorer loads project's OpenAPI specification, builds requests with guided forms and sends live calls from the browser
- **added** — VectorsDB handles embeddings with fixed dimension collections, vector storage, optional metadata and HNSW index supporting cosine, dot product or Euclidean distance
- **added** — DocumentsDB handles schemaless JSON documents with different fields per document and field additions as writes rather than migrations
- **added** — Embeddings API turns text into vectors without a separate embedding service
- **added** — Usage service for self-hosted instances with resource-scoped metrics for every product
- **added** — Gitea and Origin VCS providers alongside GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket
- **added** — Self-hosted GitLab support through _APP_VCS_GITLAB_ENDPOINT and _APP_CONSOLE_GITLAB_ENDPOINT
- **added** — Google sign-in to the console via _APP_CONSOLE_GOOGLE_APP_ID and _APP_CONSOLE_GOOGLE_SECRET
- **added** — Cloudflare Dashboard and Resend join the OAuth2 provider list
- **added** — Custom MFA challenge factor plus gravatar and OAuth2 avatar support
- **added** — Geo service and new health check endpoint
- **added** — Execution logs can dual-write to ClickHouse with _APP_EXECUTIONS_DUAL_WRITE, _APP_CONNECTIONS_DB_EXECUTIONS and _APP_POOL_SIZE_EXECUTIONS
- **added** — _APP_OPTIONS_ABUSE_INCREASED_LIMIT_PROJECTS raises rate limits for named projects
- **changed** — PostgreSQL is the default database for new installs with durability left on
- **changed** — Git installations are isolated per project with installation endpoints scoped to owning project and signed GitHub App installation state
- **changed** — Sites build on the orchestrator backend with framework detection from config files
- **changed** — Realtime is cheaper per event with one Swoole worker, document encoded once per event instead of once per subscriber, and presence stored as flags
- **fixed** — Index listing looked up by collection id instead of sequence, preventing collections sharing an id across databases from seeing each other's indexes
- **fixed** — Transactions reject array queries up front instead of throwing on commit
- **fixed** — Integer attribute min and max are capped to what the column can hold
- **fixed** — teams.total matches confirmed memberships across all four paths that could drift it
- **fixed** — Buckets are no longer left half-created when their files collection fails
- **fixed** — Build billing is skipped when the build never started, capped at the build timeout and tagged with the resource id
- **fixed** — Proxy rule domains are stored lowercase so lookups match however a domain was entered
- **fixed** — SVG files are served as attachments from the file view endpoint
- **removed** — GET /v1/health/executions endpoint

![Announcing Appwrite 2.0](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/releases/download/2.0.0/cover.png)

Appwrite 2.0 is the second major generation of the platform. It replaces the engine underneath, rebuilds the Console on top, and expands what a project can hold: relational, schemaless and vector data, on PostgreSQL, MariaDB or MongoDB, with the same permissions, queries and realtime you already use. Read the full story in the [announcement post](https://appwrite.io/blog/post/announcing-appwrite-2).

Existing projects keep working. Upgrading from 1.9.x is a single command and a migration, and your data stays on the database engine it is on today.

##### Highlights

- **Console IV.** The next-generation Appwrite Console, rebuilt from the ground up with a new navigation model, redesigned resource views, notifications and a realtime event tail. Two developer tools now count as part of the default workflow: **Appwrite Terminal** runs the Appwrite CLI inside the Console with your session and project already configured, and **Appwrite Explorer** loads your project's OpenAPI specification, builds requests with guided forms and sends live calls from the browser.
- **PostgreSQL is the default database.** New installs provision PostgreSQL out of the box, with durability left on. MariaDB and MongoDB remain fully supported for new and existing installs.
- **VectorsDB handles embeddings.** A collection is created with a fixed dimension, every document stores a vector of that length plus optional metadata, and an HNSW index keeps similarity search fast as the collection grows. Choose cosine, dot product or Euclidean distance.
- **DocumentsDB handles schemaless documents.** A collection holds JSON, two documents in the same collection can have different fields, and adding a field is a write rather than a migration. Document-level permissions, queries, ordering and pagination work through the same SDK patterns. VectorsDB and DocumentsDB need PostgreSQL and MongoDB engines a stock install does not deploy, so they ship off; enable `_APP_VECTORSDB` or `_APP_DOCUMENTSDB` once the engine is provisioned.
- **Embeddings API** turns text into vectors without a separate embedding service in your stack. The embedding container is resource heavy and off by default; add `embedding` to `COMPOSE_PROFILES` and set `_APP_EMBEDDING=enabled` to run it.
- **Usage service** for self-hosted instances, with resource-scoped metrics for every product.
- **Gitea and Origin VCS providers**, alongside GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. Self-hosted GitLab works through `_APP_VCS_GITLAB_ENDPOINT` and `_APP_CONSOLE_GITLAB_ENDPOINT`.
- **Git installations are isolated per project.** Installation endpoints are scoped to the owning project and the GitHub App installation state is signed, so a callback cannot be replayed onto someone else's project. Failed callbacks redirect back to the console with an actionable error instead of dead-ending.
- **Sites build on the orchestrator backend**, with framework detection from config files.
- **Builds survive non-local storage.** With `_APP_STORAGE_DEVICE` set to an S3-compatible backend, build output is uploaded there and a failed upload fails the build.
- **Google sign-in to the console**, via `_APP_CONSOLE_GOOGLE_APP_ID` and `_APP_CONSOLE_GOOGLE_SECRET`. Cloudflare Dashboard and Resend join the OAuth2 provider list.
- **Custom MFA challenge factor**, plus gravatar and OAuth2 avatar support.
- **Geo service** and a new health check endpoint.
- **Realtime is cheaper per event.** One Swoole worker, the document encoded once per event instead of once per subscriber, presence stored as flags.
- **Execution logs can dual-write to ClickHouse.** Off by default, reads stay on the project database and mirror failures are never fatal. `_APP_EXECUTIONS_DUAL_WRITE`, `_APP_CONNECTIONS_DB_EXECUTIONS`, `_APP_POOL_SIZE_EXECUTIONS`.
- **`_APP_OPTIONS_ABUSE_INCREASED_LIMIT_PROJECTS`** raises rate limits for named projects.

##### Installer and upgrade

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