# hs5

5 Hacker News commenters recommended hs5 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Simple, stable, open-source S3-compatible object storage server, recommended as a single-node alternative to MinIO.

## Why people recommend it

- Good single-node MinIO alternative (3 comments): "as replacement for single node use with a focus on high performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977357)) "you're probably better off with the HS5 or something similar" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774359)) "Looks like a great alternative." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46141196))
- Simple, durable design (2 comments): "I like the relative simplicity and durability guarantees" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137178)) "I like the conceptual simplicity of it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711596))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Garage S3 object store](https://hackerapproved.com/p/garage.md): 83 recommend
- [MinIO](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minio.md): 54 recommend
- [RustFS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rustfs.md): 48 recommend
- [SeaweedFS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/seaweedfs.md): 46 recommend
- [VersityGW](https://hackerapproved.com/p/versitygw.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "hs5", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hs5/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).