geohot/minikeyvalue
A distributed key value store in under 1000 lines. Used in production at comma.ai observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2710
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 936
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3155 stars · 261 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A ~1000 line distributed key-value store written in Go, using nginx as volume servers and LevelDB for indexing, with replication and rebalancing support. It offers a simple HTTP API and partial S3 compatibility, and is used in production at comma.ai.
Use cases
- store large binary blobs across multiple machines
- self-hosted S3-compatible object storage
- simple distributed key value store for petabyte-scale files
- replace complex distributed filesystems with something minimal
- replicated storage for files between 1MB and 1GB
- rebuildable index for blob storage on plain filesystems
When to choose
- you want a tiny, auditable distributed storage system with a simple on-disk format
- you need to store large values (1MB-1GB) at scale with replication
- you prefer stock nginx volume servers and filesystem-based blob storage
- you want S3-library compatibility without running full S3
When to avoid
- you need small-value, low-latency key-value access like Redis
- you need full S3 API coverage, erasure coding, or multi-tenancy
- you need strong consistency guarantees or built-in encryption
- you want a batteries-included storage product with a web UI
Facets
service · maturity stable
object-storage http-server database caching databases microservices infrastructure-as-code self-hosted developer-tools go self-hosted cli key-value-store distributed-storage s3-compatible nginx leveldb blob-storage object-storage linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/geohot/minikeyvalue · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9ae63275b070
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| geohot/minikeyvalue | main | 32 |
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