MinIO
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
7warn against
Dec 3, 2025first mention
Sep 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I only used MinIO briefly in the past, but it was good/worked”
“Minio has or rather had an option to work as an FTP server! That is kind of neat”
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“I use this image on my VPS, it was the last update before they neutered the community version”
Caveats and dissent
“Moved off MinIO when the licensing shenanigans started”
“We switched over after MinIO license changes”
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“When I abandoned minio a year or so ago”
“would have completely missed the maintenance status if it wasn't for Checkov nagging me”
Often compared with
3 moved from MinIO to SeaweedFS
3 moved from MinIO to RustFS
2 moved from MinIO to Garage
3 moved from MinIO to Versity GWCeph3 comments mention both
1 moved from MinIO to Ceph
1 moved from MinIO to Silo
1 moved from MinIO to PostgreSQL
Threads where it came up
- Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3 4 mentions
- MinIO repository is no longer maintained 3 mentions
- Ask HN: Is there any good open-source alternative to MinIO? 2 mentions
- MinIO Is Dead, Long Live MinIO 1 mention
- TIL: Apple Broke Time Machine Again on Tahoe 1 mention
- Self-hosting is being enshittified 1 mention
Data: minio.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 15
“Moved off MinIO when the licensing shenanigans started”
“My goal was to replace MinIO, which I could run and configure with a single Docker command.”
“We switched over after MinIO license changes”
“When I abandoned minio a year or so ago”
“I only used MinIO briefly in the past, but it was good/worked”
“VersityGW: Single-node alternative, which uses the same object=file in file system tree storage as MinIO”
“it is more or less feature complete, good enough for most use-cases”
“Minio served its purpose. I used it as S3 compatible storage to create tutorials.”
“Minio has or rather had an option to work as an FTP server! That is kind of neat”
“would have completely missed the maintenance status if it wasn't for Checkov nagging me”
“S3 compatible volume (minio) on Synology”
“There’s always risk of a rug pull or going the wrong direction with “open-source” software developed by a for-profit company (Plex, MinIO, Mattermost”
“I'm also not a fan of what minio did recently”
“MinIO OSS is apparently no longer maintained?”
“I use this image on my VPS, it was the last update before they neutered the community version”