alibaba/tfs
TFS (Taobao File System) is a distributed file system similar to GFS. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5152
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3487
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1244 stars · 452 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
TFS (Taobao File System) is a distributed file system developed by Taobao, designed similar to Google File System. It is optimized for storing and serving large numbers of small files (under 1MB) with high availability, redundancy, and load balancing on Linux.
Use cases
- store billions of small files like images and thumbnails
- build a GFS-like distributed storage cluster on Linux
- serve user-uploaded files with generated unique filenames
- achieve high availability storage through redundancy and backup
- distribute storage load across many commodity servers
When to choose
- you need to store massive numbers of small files (<1MB) cheaply
- you run Linux servers and want a GFS-style flat-namespace file store
- you can maintain C++ infrastructure yourself
When to avoid
- you need active maintenance or recent bug fixes - the project is abandoned since 2017
- you need large file support or a traditional directory hierarchy
- you want a modern storage system with an active community
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
file-system object-storage microservices files infrastructure-as-code cpp distributed-file-system gfs-like small-files storage linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/alibaba/tfs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 471732408830
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| alibaba/tfs | main | 10 |
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