hs5
Ranked 8 of 8 object storage servers by recommenders
Simple, stable, open-source S3-compatible object storage server, recommended as a single-node alternative to MinIO.
Simple, stable, open-source S3-compatible object storage server, recommended as a single-node alternative to MinIO.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good single-node MinIO alternative
“as replacement for single node use with a focus on high performance”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Is there any good open-source alternative to MinIO?” “you're probably better off with the HS5 or something similar”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense” “Looks like a great alternative.”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode” Simple, durable design
“I like the relative simplicity and durability guarantees”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode” “I like the conceptual simplicity of it”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3”
Other object storage servers people recommend
The four most recommended other object storage servers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garage S3 object store | 83 | 18 | 82% | 9 | — | Approved |
| MinIO | 54 | 149 | 27% | 9 | 5 yrs3 owners | — |
| RustFS | 48 | 26 | 65% | 9 | — | — |
| SeaweedFS | 46 | 10 | 82% | 9 | 2 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| hs5This page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Etags match the AWS S3 ones as well.”
“I like the conceptual simplicity of it”
“it does not store the objects as individual files”
“you're probably better off with the HS5 or something similar”
“as replacement for single node use with a focus on high performance”
“really lag behind in perfomance”
“Looks like a great alternative.”
“I like the relative simplicity and durability guarantees”
“The core is stable at this point, but the user/policy management and the web interface is still in the works.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.