Perkeep
Personal storage system in Hosting & cloud
Recommended for its well-designed blob storage and a new release by well-regarded authors; critics say the docs are weak and the project has been slow to mature.
Recommended for its well-designed blob storage and a new release by well-regarded authors; critics say the docs are weak and the project has been slow to mature.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Impressive new release, reputable authors
“The new release (which is what I assume prompted this post) looks pretty impressive”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life” “The quality of code and reputation of the authors is excellent in this new release.”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow progress, not yet mature
“it never gained enough traction to really take on a full life of its own”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life” “they've been around for 8 years and are still in 0.12?!”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life” “I wish his perkeep project was mature and stable.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane” - Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life”
Unclear goal or value
“I don't really understand the goal here.”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life” “Seriously, I'm just not seeing it...”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life”
What people said
17 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I wish his perkeep project was mature and stable.”
“essentially leverage cloud provider like AWS/Azure/GCP, not sure how this will help”
“it seemed to be rotting away”
“Perkeep uses a super cool blob server design that abstracts the underlying storage”
“Well good news, he's writing the latest commits”
“the website and documentation is awful, not really selling the project well”
“Seriously, I'm just not seeing it...”
“I assume I would not have had those problems with Perkeep.”
“it has hard-coded data types for indexing and system support”
“all roughly compatible with each other”
“I wish bradfitz had more time to work on it.”
“The quality of code and reputation of the authors is excellent in this new release.”
“they've been around for 8 years and are still in 0.12?!”
“a system like this lives or dies by the quality of its integrations to other systems”
“The new release (which is what I assume prompted this post) looks pretty impressive”
“I don't really understand the goal here.”
“it never gained enough traction to really take on a full life of its own”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.