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Apache 2.0 licensed self-hosted S3-compatible object storage with bucket replication, versioning and event notifications available, and lifecycle management under testing.
MinIO's server and client images stopped pulling from Docker Hub after that repository was archived in September 2026, users report. Running clusters keep serving, so the first break is a redeploy with nothing to pull.
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Garage and RustFS are both single Rust binaries that speak S3 on one node. The documented differences are AGPL-3.0 against Apache 2.0, and four rows that Garage's own compatibility page marks as Missing.
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RustFS gives you an S3 endpoint you start with one docker run, while SeaweedFS gives you a file system that also speaks S3. A dev.to comparison puts the dividing line at POSIX mounts and the count of tiny files.
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A dev.to writeup reduces the storage choice to a property test on the calling code. The part worth arguing about is when each wrong answer shows up: on the first query, or at 10 million files.
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Flat pricing and free 3x egress make B2 hard to beat at small volumes, but Backblaze lists lifecycle transitions, object tagging, ACLs and IAM roles as unsupported.
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