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Extend your Amplify Gen 2 app with AWS Blocks — self-contained backend capabilities you compose into your existing backend.

Composable backend capabilities

Add the Blocks you need — PostgreSQL databases, realtime messaging, metrics, logging, and more — alongside your existing Amplify resources.

Local-first, built on the AWS CDK

Run your whole app locally with no AWS account, then deploy the same code to AWS with the AWS CDK.

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Build & connect backend

We recommend using the latest version of supported languages and platforms when setting up new projects with Amplify. However, if you need to use the previous version, follow the project setup instructions.

Authentication

Enable sign-in, sign-up and sign-out within minutes with pre-built UI components and powerful authentication APIs

API (GraphQL)

Easy and secure solution to access your backend data with support for real-time updates using GraphQL

API (REST)

A straightforward and secure solution for making HTTP requests using REST APIs

Storage

Learn more about how you can manage user content for your app in public, protected or private storage buckets using Amplify Storage.

Server-Side Rendering

Use Amplify categories APIs from Next.js server-side runtimes.

Utilities

A set of utilities provided by Amplify such as a cache module, an eventing system, and more.

More features

Discover additional functionalities that enable you to integrate with a wide range of AWS services to adapt to evolving use cases.

Troubleshooting

Recommendations on how to resolve some of the common issues & problems that you might face when using Amplify
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