# Announcing the S3 API: Use any S3 client with Appwrite Storage

DevFeed: [Announcing the S3 API: Use any S3 client with Appwrite Storage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-s3-api-use-any-s3-client-with-appwrite-storage-16442.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://appwrite.io/blog/post/announcing-s3-api>)

Author: Torsten Dittmann

Published: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Appwrite Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/appwrite-blog.md>)

Topics: [Appwrite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/appwrite.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>)

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## AI overview

Appwrite Storage now exposes an S3-compatible API that supports AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, rclone, s3cmd, and other S3 clients. Existing buckets and files remain available through both the native Storage API and the S3 API, with support for standard operations, multipart uploads, and presigned URLs.

## Source excerpt

Appwrite Storage now exposes an S3-compatible API. Point the AWS CLI, the AWS SDKs, and tools like rclone at your Appwrite buckets, with no migration required.