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Garage vs SeaweedFS
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Garage | SeaweedFS |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Go |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 4.7k | 35k |
| Latest | v2.4.1 | 4.48 |
| Last push | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 8 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 21 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 50+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Amazon S3. Alternatives to Amazon S3 →
PartialGarageThe core S3 API on your own servers, built for small nodes spread across sites.
Full replacementSeaweedFSS3-compatible API on your own servers.
Both replace MinIO. Alternatives to MinIO →
PartialGarageReplication instead of erasure coding, and a smaller part of the S3 API.
Full replacementSeaweedFSS3 API on top of a distributed file system built for billions of small files.
Garage
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SeaweedFS
- 4.482026-09-28filer: clean up manifest resolve error propagation and add webdav tes…
- 4.472026-09-14release: wait for Go proxy propagation
- 4.462026-09-08release: judge downstream releases by their run, excluding runner-queue time
- 4.452026-08-31helm: install chart CI against an image tag that exists
- 4.442026-08-22admin: keep the copy confirmation in front of the access key modal
Garage
unsigned The latest release, v2.4.1, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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SeaweedFS
unsigned The latest release, 4.48, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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