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Kinto vs Appwrite: catalog facts
Kinto	Appwrite
Free Free and open source; you run it on your own server.	Freemium Free to self-host; Appwrite also runs a managed cloud service.
Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Built-in synchronisation and sharing of JSON records Permission inheritance across buckets, collections and records	Auth, database, storage and functions in one platform Self-hostable with Docker
A backend for developers, not an end-user app Requires PostgreSQL for production use	Running it yourself means operating several services Aimed at developers rather than non-technical users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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