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First Steps

Get your project up and running - from account creation to your first API calls

Quick Start

Updated Aug 28, 2025

Ready to build? Let's get your first Anythink project running in under 5 minutes. You'll go from signup to live APIs faster than you can make a coffee.

Welcome to Anythink! Let's get you from zero to running backend in minutes.

Step 1: Create Your Account

Head to my.anythink.cloud and sign up for your free account. No credit card needed to get started.

Step 2: Choose Your Plan

From your MyAnythink dashboard, click "Create New Project" and choose:

Free Plan

£0/month

Perfect for testing and learning

Standard Plan

from £99/month

For growing applications with more features

Pro Plan

from £999/month

Dedicated infrastructure deployed anywhere worldwide

Step 3: Project Creation

Give your project a name and click create. It takes just moments to spin up your infrastructure.

You'll get an email notification when your project is ready (usually under 2 minutes).

Step 4: Access Your New Backend

Back in MyAnythink, you'll now see your project with two important URLs:

Frontend URL - Your Anythink dashboard to manage everything
API URL - For your applications to connect and query data

Step 5: Your First API

Click through to your project dashboard and:

Go to Settings → Data Model
Create your first entity (try "customers" or "products")
Add a few fields like name, email, description
Check your API docs - you now have live REST endpoints!

What's Next?

🎉 Congratulations! You now have a production-ready backend with:

Live REST APIs with full documentation
Admin dashboard for data management
User authentication ready to go
File uploads and search built-in

Ready to dive deeper? Check out Core Concepts to understand how everything connects, or jump into Building My App to start adding features.

Core concepts

Updated Aug 28, 2025

Understanding how entities become APIs and APIs power apps - the three key concepts that make Anythink work like magic.

Anythink works on a simple but powerful principle: Design → Generate → Connect

The Magic Formula: Entities → APIs → Apps

1. Create Entities (Your Data Structure)

Think of entities as the "things" in your business:

Customers (with fields like name, email, phone)
Products (with name, price, description)
Orders (linking customers to products)

You design these visually - no code required.

2. Get Instant APIs

The moment you save an entity, Anythink automatically creates:

✅ Full REST API endpoints (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
✅ Interactive documentation you can test in the browser
✅ Authentication and security built-in
✅ Filtering, sorting, and search capabilities

3. Connect Your Apps

Your frontend applications (web, mobile, desktop) connect to these APIs to:

Display data to users
Let users create and edit information
Handle complex business logic through workflows

The Anythink Advantage

Traditional Way:Design DB → Write API code → Create docs → Build auth → Deploy → Maintain

Anythink Way:Design entities → Everything else is automatic ✨

What This Means for You

No backend coding - Focus on your app's unique features
Instant updates - Change your data model, APIs update automatically
Production ready - Enterprise security and performance built-in
Scale when ready - Handles one user or one million users

Ready to see this in action? Let's build your first entity.

My Anythink

Updated Aug 28, 2025

Your command centre for managing multiple Anythink projects. Create, monitor, and scale all your backends from one place.

MyAnythink is your project launcher and command center. This is where you:

Create new projects
Manage existing projects
Monitor usage and billing
Access project URLs and credentials

You can create as many instances of Anythink as they would like, enabling Anythink to function as the back-end for many products.

Shared Tenanted Hosting

For new, or small projects you can join a shared tenant, this means you’re sharing your infrastructure with other Anythink customers, but your data will always remain yours and segregated from other customers.
Once you feel you’re ready to progress, you can move to dedicated hosting, which will allow you greater control over your own, dedicated infrastructure.

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated infrastructure is perfect for businesses who are looking to scale, grow and control their own infrastructure usage. Here you're able to control the size of the machines used to host your service by choosing from a few different hardware types of differing CPU, RAM and database scales.

With dedicated hosting you can also manage your own tenants, should you wish to host different applications, or scale your one application across multiple countries.

Next steps

Updated Aug 28, 2025

Your project is running and you understand the basics. Now let's build something amazing with your new backend.

Next Steps

You're ready to build. Your Anythink project is live and waiting. Here's your roadmap to creating something amazing:

Immediate Next Steps (5 minutes)

1. Design Your First Data Model

Head to Settings → Data Model and create entities that match your app:

Start simple (Users, Posts, Products)
Add fields that make sense for your business
Watch your APIs appear automatically

Data Modelling

The dynamic data model is the ultimate core to the Anythink platform, this is where a customer can define the entities (or data tables) that are key to business functionality. Here a you can choose between fields that they would like to store for a given entity in their business.

2. Test Your APIs

Visit your API Documentation (link in your project dashboard):

Try creating records directly in the browser
Test filtering and searching
Copy code examples for your app

→ Understanding my APIs

Build Your App (30 minutes)

3. Connect Your Frontend

Use your API URL to connect any frontend:

React, Vue, Angular applications
Mobile apps (iOS, Android, React Native)
No-code tools like Webflow or Bubble

→ See connection examples

4. Add User Authentication

Enable login and registration for your app:

Configure authentication methods
Set up user roles and permissions
Protect your data with row-level security

→ Setting up authentication

Advanced Features (1 hour)

5. Add Workflows

Automate your business processes:

Send welcome emails to new users
Process orders automatically
Sync data between systems

→ Building workflows

6. Upload and Manage Files

Add file uploads to your app:

Images, documents, any file type
Global CDN delivery
Public or private access controls

→ Managing files

Ready for Production

7. Custom Branding

Make the dashboard feel like yours:

Add your logo and colours
Customise the interface
White-label for clients

→ Styling my dashboard

8. Go Live

Deploy your frontend and start getting users:

Your backend is already production-ready
Scales automatically as you grow
Enterprise security built-in

Need Help?

Documentation: Explore Building My App for detailed guides
Support: Email us at support@anythink.cloud

Remember: Your backend is production-ready from day one. Focus on building the features that make your app unique!

Ready to learn more? Check out Core Concepts to understand the fundamentals.

Authentication

Anythink authentication is designed to make implementing native feeling login and registration within your apps really simple and easy.\ \ If you like, you can also use Anythink auth as a stand alone product, you don't need to use "anythink" else. Yet auth is deeply integrated and will allow you to store and keep safe any data you choose.

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