# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rustfs
Homepage: https://rustfs.com/download/
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: bigdata, cloud-native, filesystem, object-storage, rust, s3, minio, amazon-s3, objectstorage, ai-native, multi-cloud, ai-storage
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:02:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 72
- inputs: {"age_days": 1014, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 117}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 31446, forks 1403 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:56.853331+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: object-storage, self-hosted, cloud, cli, security
- domain: cloud-computing, big-data, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: windows, self-hosted, rust
- tags: s3-compatible, minio-alternative, distributed-storage, data-lake, ai-storage, apache-2.0, data-engineering, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- rustfs/rustfs (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.853331+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:16.915241+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.853331+00:00, sha 0095d83c9005)
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  - site_page: https://docs.rustfs.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:24.053380+00:00, sha 64a23b3579a1)
  - site_page: https://rustfs.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:24.054966+00:00, sha c57bd2e6712b)
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  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rustfs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:24.058200+00:00, sha 2b1676326e23)
  - site_page: https://rustfs.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:24.048726+00:00, sha 69cbdfab9582)
  - site_page: https://rustfs.com/download/server (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:24.050265+00:00, sha 6b4830954b7a)
  - site_page: https://rustfs.com/download/cli (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:24.051786+00:00, sha 8735fdb1dbd4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.