v0.2.1-alpha

🚀 AppForge v0.2.1-alpha

A stability-focused release that significantly improves AppForge's internal architecture, reliability, diagnostics, and support for self-hosted Appwrite deployments.

✨ Highlights

🌐 Improved Self-Hosted Appwrite Support

AppForge now works more reliably with self-hosted Appwrite instances.

• Fixed database discovery issues
• Improved endpoint compatibility
• Better project connection handling
• Enhanced resource loading reliability

⚡ Intelligent Refresh Manager

Introduced a centralized refresh system.

• Debounced refresh requests
• Scoped resource refreshes
• Reduced redundant operations
• Improved synchronization after changes

🔄 Event-Driven Architecture

Added a lightweight Event Bus.

• Realtime communication between extension modules
• Better separation of concerns
• Improved maintainability and scalability

📊 Professional Logging & Telemetry

New diagnostics and monitoring infrastructure.

• Dedicated AppForge Output Channel
• Structured logging
• Performance tracking
• Enhanced debugging support

📌 Status Bar Integration

Improved project visibility directly inside VS Code.

• Active project display
• Automatic updates on project switch
• Better workspace awareness

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🐛 Fixes

• Fixed self-hosted database loading issues
• Fixed refresh synchronization inconsistencies
• Fixed status bar update reliability
• Fixed resource loading edge cases
• Improved extension initialization stability
• Improved command execution reliability

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🛠 Internal Improvements

• Added Refresh Manager
• Added Event Bus
• Added Output Channel Manager
• Enhanced Telemetry System
• Improved diagnostics infrastructure
• Refactored extension architecture for future expansion

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📚 Documentation

• Updated README
• Added detailed release report
• Added architecture and folder structure documentation
• Moved release documentation into the docs/ directory

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⚠️ Alpha Notice

AppForge is currently in alpha and under active development.

Planned future features include:

• Collection Schema Management
• Index Management
• Document Editor
• Storage File Preview
• Advanced Function Deployment
• Realtime Monitoring
• Authentication & Teams Management

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Thank you to the Appwrite community members who tested AppForge and reported issues related to self-hosted deployments and resource synchronization.

Built with ❤️ for the Appwrite Community

v0.2.0-alpha

🚀 AppForge v0.2.0-alpha

First public alpha release of AppForge — an Appwrite-native developer cockpit for Visual Studio Code.

AppForge brings Appwrite project management directly into VS Code, allowing developers to browse and manage resources without leaving their editor.

✨ Highlights

Project Management

• Add and manage multiple Appwrite projects
• Switch active projects directly from VS Code
• Open Appwrite Console from the explorer
• Secure API key storage using VS Code Secret Storage

Database Explorer

• Browse databases
• Browse collections
• Browse documents
• View database structure directly inside VS Code

Functions Explorer

• Browse Appwrite functions
• View deployments
• View executions
• Execute functions from the explorer

Storage Explorer

• Browse storage buckets
• Browse files
• Explore project storage resources without leaving VS Code

Developer Experience

• Dedicated AppForge activity bar view
• Context menu actions for resources
• Diagnostic utilities and troubleshooting tools
• Output channel logging
• Improved resource refresh system

🔧 Commands Included

• AppForge: Add Project
• AppForge: Remove Project
• AppForge: Switch Project
• AppForge: Refresh Resources
• AppForge: Create Database
• AppForge: Create Collection
• AppForge: Create Bucket
• AppForge: Execute Function
• AppForge: View Function Logs
• AppForge: Run Diagnostics
• AppForge: Open Appwrite Console

🏗️ Built With

• TypeScript
• VS Code Extension API
• Appwrite SDK

⚠️ Alpha Release

This is an early alpha release intended for testing and feedback.

Some features are still under active development and APIs may change before the first stable release.

🛣️ Next Up (v0.2.1-alpha)

• Improved diagnostics
• Better explorer reliability
• Enhanced project switching
• Richer resource metadata
• Improved logging and debugging experience

💙 Feedback

Found a bug or have a feature request?

Please open an issue on GitHub and help shape the future of AppForge.