rustfs/rustfs
🚀2.3x faster than MinIO for 4KB object payloads. RustFS is an open-source, S3-compatible high-performance object storage system supporting migration and coexistence with other S3-compatible platforms such as MinIO and Ceph. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 60
- Longevity 72
Flags: prerelease_only
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: 2.0
- age_days: 1014
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 117
Adoption not part of the score
31446 stars · 1403 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
RustFS is a high-performance, distributed, S3-compatible object storage system written in Rust, positioned as an Apache 2.0-licensed alternative to MinIO and Ceph. It supports single-node to multi-node multi-disk deployments, an operator CLI (rc), and migration/coexistence with existing S3-compatible storage.
Use cases
- self-host S3-compatible object storage without AGPL restrictions
- replace or migrate from MinIO for better small-object performance
- build a data lake or AI training storage backend
- run distributed object storage on Kubernetes or Docker
- store ML datasets and model artifacts in a private cloud
When to choose
- you need S3 API compatibility with a permissive Apache 2.0 license
- you want a Rust-based, memory-safe MinIO alternative
- your workload is data-lake, AI, or big-data oriented with many small objects
- you want self-hosted storage with a CLI and console for operations
When to avoid
- you need a long-proven storage system with years of production hardening
- you require the full breadth of MinIO/Ceph features today
- you need guaranteed enterprise support without commercial engagement
- you only need simple file storage rather than an S3 protocol surface
Facets
service · maturity active
object-storage self-hosted cloud cli security cloud-computing big-data infrastructure-as-code self-hosted windows self-hosted rust s3-compatible minio-alternative distributed-storage data-lake ai-storage apache-2.0 data-engineering linux macos docker kubernetes
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0095d83c9005
- homepage: https://rustfs.com/download/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · dec326a43c02
- site_page: https://docs.rustfs.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 64a23b3579a1
- site_page: https://rustfs.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · c57bd2e6712b
- site_page: https://rustfs.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 18ec1d5f1be4
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rustfs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2b1676326e23
- site_page: https://rustfs.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 69cbdfab9582
- site_page: https://rustfs.com/download/server · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6b4830954b7a
- site_page: https://rustfs.com/download/cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8735fdb1dbd4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rustfs/rustfs | main | 80 |
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