# Appwrite & Astro

> Add a backend to your project with Appwrite

[Appwrite](https://appwrite.io/) is a self-hosted backend-as-a-service platform that provides authentication and account management, user preferences, database and storage persistence, cloud functions, localization, image manipulation, and other server-side utilities.

## Official Resources

[Section titled “Official Resources”](#official-resources)

* [Appwrite Demos for Astro](https://github.com/appwrite/demos-for-astro)