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MinIO

MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/minio/minio · Go · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 79
  • Release rhythm 52
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

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: 11.5
  • age_days: 4249
  • days_rel: 321
  • days_push: 131
  • n_releases_24m: 25

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

61374 stars · 7811 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server written in Go, released under AGPLv3, with client SDKs (Go, Java, JS, Python), a CLI (mc), and a Kubernetes operator. The open-source community repository is no longer maintained; development has moved to the commercial AIStor editions, with the community edition available as source only.

Use cases

  • self-host s3 compatible object storage
  • store ml training data and model artifacts
  • replace amazon s3 in private cloud
  • object storage backend for kubernetes workloads
  • build data lake on commodity hardware
  • test s3 integrations locally
  • backup target for databases and applications

When to choose

  • you need an S3-compatible API on your own infrastructure
  • you want high-throughput storage for AI/ML or analytics pipelines
  • you need multi-cloud or on-premises object storage with a Kubernetes operator
  • you want a lightweight local S3 substitute for development and testing

When to avoid

  • you need vendor support, prebuilt binaries, or guaranteed maintenance - the community edition is source-only and no longer maintained
  • your project cannot comply with AGPLv3 obligations
  • you need block or file storage rather than object storage
  • you rely on long-term community security patches for the open-source edition

Facets

service · maturity maintenance

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
minio/miniomain10
minio/mcplugin10
minio/minio-gosdk99
minio/operatorinfra10
minio/minio-javasdk86
minio/minio-jssdk85
minio/minio-pysdk85

For agents

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