alternatives to
MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.
SeaweedFS, RustFS, Ceph and more. 4 alternatives to MinIO, in Go, Rust, C++. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeaweedFS | Full replacement | 36k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | 4.53 | 2026-11-12 |
| RustFS | Full replacement | 36k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | 1.0.5 | 2026-11-12 |
| Ceph | Full replacement | 17k | Other | Open source | Yes | C++ | v22.0.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| Garage | Partial | 4.9k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | v2.5.0 | 2026-11-07 |
4 alternatives
SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for object storage (S3), file systems, Iceberg table buckets, and Lance vector buckets, designed to handle billions of files with O(1) disk access and effortless horizontal scaling.
S3 API on top of a distributed file system built for billions of small files.
RustFS is an open-source, S3-compatible high-performance object storage system supporting migration and coexistence with other S3-compatible platforms such as MinIO and Ceph.
S3-compatible object storage written in Rust, positioned as a MinIO replacement.
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
S3-compatible storage through the RADOS Gateway, on a cluster that also serves block and file storage.
(Mirror) S3-compatible object store for small self-hosted geo-distributed deployments. Main repo: https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage
Replication instead of erasure coding, and a smaller part of the S3 API.