alternatives to
Cloud-Native distributed storage built on and for Kubernetes
OpenEBS and Rook. 2 alternatives to Longhorn, in Go. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenEBS | Full replacement | 9.8k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Unknown | v4.6.2 | 2026-10-19 |
| Rook | Partial | 14k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.21.0 | 2026-10-16 |
2 alternatives
A popular & widely deployed Open Source Container Native Storage platform for Stateful Persistent Applications on Kubernetes.
Replicated block storage for Kubernetes persistent volumes with several storage engines.
Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes
Runs Ceph on Kubernetes for block, file and object storage; heavier to operate than a block-only system.