MinIO vs SeaweedFS

A side-by-side comparison of MinIO and SeaweedFS — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.

TaglineHigh-performance S3-compatible object storage (now archived/commercialized)Fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files and a data lake
CategoryFile Storage & SyncFile Storage & Sync
ReplacesDropbox, Google Drive, BoxDropbox, Google Drive, Box
GitHub stars61k32k
LanguageGoGo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Self-host difficulty
2/5
Easy
4/5
Involved
Deploy options
Docker
Docker Compose
Kubernetes
Manual
Docker
Docker Compose
Kubernetes
Manual
Managed hosting
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MinIO

High-performance S3-compatible object storage (now archived/commercialized)

SeaweedFS

Fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files and a data lake