PocketBase vs Appwrite: Self-Hosted Backend Platform Release History
Side-by-side engineering comparison of PocketBase and Appwrite based on real-time release frequency, average AI impact score, and breaking change ratio.
Partial sample of stable product releases published in the last 90 days. Package releases and prereleases are excluded. Missing releases may affect every metric. No compatibility guarantee is implied.
| Engineering Metric | PocketBase | Appwrite |
|---|---|---|
| Category | CLOUD | CLOUD |
| Latest Tracked Version | v0.40.6 (Oct 23, 2026) | 1.9.10 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Analyzed Releases | 14 tracked updates | 13 tracked updates |
| Average Release Impact Score | 5.3/10 | 5.0/10 |
| Source-flagged Breaking Releases | 1 releases (7%) | 0 releases (0%) |
| Coverage & confidence | Partial sample · 14 releases · 1.4 median days between tracked releases. Compatibility not verified. | Partial sample · 13 releases · 3.3 median days between tracked releases. Compatibility not verified. |
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Recent PocketBase Updates
PocketBase: v0.40.6 Release
PocketBase version v0.40.6 introduces critical security updates, memory usage protections for thumbnail generation, and shifts future update distribution away from GitHub. Developers should update promptly to mitigate Go security vulnerabilities and benefit from dependency upgrades.
PocketBase: v0.22.57 Release
PocketBase v0.22.57 introduces a memory-safe limit for image thumbnail generation and updates dependencies to address a security vulnerability related to the eMudhra CA compromise. These changes improve system resilience against excessive memory consumption and enhance overall security posture.
PocketBase: v0.40.5 Release
PocketBase v0.40.5 delivers crucial security fixes for Go's net/http library alongside improvements to JSVM migration error handling and SQLite performance. Upgrading is strongly recommended due to potential DoS vulnerability fixes.
PocketBase: v0.22.56 Release
PocketBase v0.22.56 bumps the minimum Go GitHub action version to 1.27.2 to incorporate crucial net/http security fixes. Developers are strongly advised to update to mitigate a potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability.
PocketBase: v0.40.4 Release
PocketBase v0.40.4. Source highlight: _To update the prebuilt executable you can run `./pocketbase update`._
Recent Appwrite Updates
Appwrite 1.9.10 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Appwrite 1.9.10. Source highlight: Appwrite 1.9.10 is a security release for self-hosted deployments on the 1.9 line. It backports the hardening shipped in 2.6.2 across auth, API keys, databases, realtime, GraphQL, storage, VCS, functions, migrations and messaging, and moves the runtime to a patched Brotli. It keeps Console 8.7.37 fo
Appwrite 2.6.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Appwrite 2.6.2. Source highlight: Appwrite 2.6.2 is a security release for self-hosted deployments on the 2.6 line. It brings the hardening work merged since 2.6.1 across auth, API keys, databases, realtime, GraphQL, storage, VCS, functions, sites, migrations and messaging. It also moves the runtime to a patched Brotli and the Conso
Appwrite 1.9.9 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Appwrite 1.9.9. Source highlight: Appwrite 1.9.9 is a precautionary maintenance release for self-hosted deployments on the 1.9 line. It moves the runtime to PHP 8.5.12. It retains Console 8.7.37 for compatibility with the 1.9 server APIs. Upgrading from 1.9.8 keeps the existing migration class and introduces no schema changes.
Appwrite 2.6.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Appwrite 2.6.1. Source highlight: Appwrite 2.6.1 is a precautionary maintenance release that moves the runtime to PHP 8.5.12. It ships with the same 1.2.97 self-hosted Console as 2.6.0, has no schema changes, and upgrading from 2.6.0 only replaces the images.
Appwrite 2.6.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Appwrite 2.6.0. Source highlight: Appwrite 2.6.0 brings image metadata controls, resource descriptions, database and storage fixes, and security updates to self-hosted deployments. It includes self-hosted Console 1.2.97, updated from 1.2.74. Back up your instance and run the migration after upgrading: this minor release includes sch