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geohot/minikeyvalue

A distributed key value store in under 1000 lines. Used in production at comma.ai observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/geohot/minikeyvalue · Go · MIT (permissive) 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

Full methodology

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

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Member repositories

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