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7 self-hosted Amazon S3 alternatives

Amazon S3 is AWS's cloud object storage service for storing and retrieving any amount of data with high durability and scalability. It provides multiple storage classes, versioning, lifecycle policies, replication, access controls, and integrations for backups, data lakes, app storage and static hos

Alternatives to Amazon S3

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server for building private cloud storage, data lakes, and scalable storage backends for applications.

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61.4k stars7.8k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Slowing down

Open-source Go backend providing embedded SQLite, realtime (SSE) subscriptions, auth (JWT/OAuth2), file storage, admin UI and REST-style APIs for web and mobile apps.

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60.8k stars3.7k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

SeaweedFS is a fast distributed storage system providing blob, file, and S3-compatible object storage with optional filer, replication, and erasure coding.

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34.3k stars3k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Garage is a lightweight, S3-compatible distributed object storage service built for small-to-medium self-hosted, geo-distributed deployments with strong resilience.

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4.4k stars171 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source Node.js server implementing the Amazon S3 API, enabling local S3 emulation and a unified object storage interface across multiple backends and clouds.

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1.9k stars259 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Diskover indexes file systems with Elasticsearch to provide fast file search, metadata analytics, and storage visibility across on-prem, NAS, and cloud storage.

1.8k stars184 forksApache-2.0last commit Slowing down

Garage is a lightweight, operator-friendly, S3-compatible distributed object storage system designed for small-to-medium self-hosted clusters across multiple sites.

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What replacing Amazon S3 actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 4 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

Browse everything in Storage Services (File/Object).

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