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Moved off MinIO when the licensing shenanigans started", "context": "", "use_case": "on-prem S3 storage", "switched_from": "MinIO", "story": "Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3"}, {"id": 789723569, "item_id": 49357723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357723", "by": "BatteryMountain", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use SeaweedFS for storage. Works amazingly well.", "excerpt": "I just self-host Gitea. I made own build server (with all the SDK's I need) that runs next to it and I use SeaweedFS for storage. Works amazingly well. So I have automated builds and artifact storage for my git repos's. It all lighting fast too.", "context": "", "use_case": "artifact storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"}, {"id": 788597761, "item_id": 49287360, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287360", "by": "zazuke", "date": "2026-08-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I used SeaweedFS in the meantime; it worked great too", "excerpt": "this is great to see! I used SeaweedFS in the meantime; it worked great too, and there are some other great alternatives [1], but I'm glad the original MinIO version continues. Gonna try this soon. [1]: https://www.ssp.sh/brain/s3-storage-alternatives", "context": "", "use_case": "S3-compatible object storage", "switched_from": "MinIO", "story": "MinIO is now community-forked as Silo"}, {"id": 767801280, "item_id": 47987580, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987580", "by": "embedding-shape", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "compare", "quote": "looks like I'm leaning more towards SeaweedFS", "excerpt": "Thanks a bunch! Currently I'm weighing SeaweedFS vs RustFS, and if I just wanted S3-compatible API, I'd probably go with RustFS although it's not so mature yet, but with WebDAV and some other stuff, and favoring stability and reliability, looks like I'm leaning more towards SeaweedFS.", "context": "", "use_case": "S3-compatible blob storage", "switched_from": "MinIO", "story": "Ask HN: Is there any good open-source alternative to MinIO?"}, {"id": 767637920, "item_id": 47977370, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977370", "by": "realityfactchex", "date": "2026-05-01", "stance": "compare", "quote": "I'm thinking maybe SeaweedFS [0, 2] or Versity Gatweway [1, 3] or RustFS [4].", "excerpt": "I'm thinking maybe SeaweedFS [0, 2] or Versity Gatweway [1, 3] or RustFS [4]. Seems there are other options, too, e.g. Garage [5]. I only used MinIO briefly in the past, but it was good/worked, and I do plan to set up S3 blob storage again soon. [0] https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs [1] https://github.com/versity/versitygw [2] https://blog.elest.io/rustfs-vs-seaweedfs-vs-garage-which-minio-alternative-should-you", "context": "", "use_case": "S3 blob storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is there any good open-source alternative to MinIO?"}, {"id": 767637715, "item_id": 47977357, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977357", "by": "uroni", "date": "2026-05-01", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Multi-node alternative, that keeps the object mapping in memory (so more RAM usage and startup cost compared to alternatives).", "excerpt": "I build https://github.com/uroni/hs5 as replacement for single node use with a focus on high performance. I list other alternatives in the README there. Some short version: Ceph: Robust, widely used for multi-node deployments. Would recommend for serious use. RustFS: As an in-place replacement using the same storage format. Though, to me it is a bit suspect, e.g. if it uses fsync for durability. seaweedfs: Multi-node", "context": "", "use_case": "multi-node object storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is there any good open-source alternative to MinIO?"}, {"id": 752032801, "item_id": 47002050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47002050", "by": "ElDji", "date": "2026-02-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "SeaweedFS should absolutely not be used for anything beyond testing \u2014 otherwise you're almost certain to lose data.", "excerpt": "I successfully migrated from MinIO to Ceph, which I highly recommend. Along the way, I tested SeaweedFS, which looked promising. However, I ran into a strange bug, and after diagnosing it with the help of Claude, I realized the codebase was vibe-coded and riddled with a staggering number of structural errors. In my opinion, SeaweedFS should absolutely not be used for anything beyond testing \u2014 otherwise you're almost ", "context": "", "use_case": "object storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "MinIO repository is no longer maintained"}, {"id": 742415443, "item_id": 46400965, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400965", "by": "weitendorf", "date": "2025-12-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "am skeptical but hopeful that seaweedfs is not going to do something similar", "excerpt": "Only a very, very small fraction of open source projects get to the point where they legitimately need committees and working groups and maintainer politics/drama. > quite a few people would consider \"benevolent dictator for life\" an outdated model for open source communities. I think what most people dislike are rugpulls and when commercial interests override what contributors/users/maintainers are trying to get out", "context": "", "use_case": "object storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "How uv got so fast"}]}