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RustFS

Ranked 3 of 8 object storage servers by recommenders

Free S3-compatible object storage that people use as a drop-in MinIO replacement, praised for speed and small footprint. Critics call it young and cite CLA and licensing concerns.

Free S3-compatible object storage that people use as a drop-in MinIO replacement, praised for speed and small footprint. Critics call it young and cite CLA and licensing concerns.

74 people gave an opinion

recommend it
48
criticize it
26
approval share
65%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 9 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 48 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
  • 1.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
  • Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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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

  • Drop-in replacement for MinIO

    “since then rustfs fixed the issue I found. Rustfs really is close to a minio rewrite.”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

    “Because RustFS is fully S3-compatible, we decided to tackle the on-disk format.”

    Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “A drop-in binary replacement to migrate from MinIO to RustFS”

    “RustFS was just plug and play albeit a few minor API differences.”

    Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Postgres data stored in Parquet on S3: LTAP architecture explained”
  • Fast with a small footprint

    “it's those small writes that was making garagefs perform so badly and rustfs perform a lot better”

    Comment from 12 Jul 2026 in “ZeroFS vs. Amazon S3 Files”

    “Very slim footprint and very fast.”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

    “It's very compact and fast to run”

    Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Local Stack Archived their GitHub repo and requires an account to run”
  • Easy setup and console

    “The RustFS console is the most convenient and user-friendly.”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

    “It was easier that garagehq and it even comes with UI.”

    Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “I Just Want Simple S3”

    “the rustfs setup has been pretty painless sofar”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”
  • Used in production without issues

    “This specific architectural strategy has been proven reliable in production environments at the EiB scale.”

    Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters”

    “I ended up moving to rustfs for my plakar and restic backup station”

    Comment from 12 Jul 2026 in “ZeroFS vs. Amazon S3 Files”

    “We use RustFS in a production system with no issues.”

    Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Young and not production-ready

    “still very fresh project, to the point running out of date minio version will most likely be less problematic than latest rustfs”

    Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

    “RustFS is very new, very much a work in progress[1], and will probably eat your data.”

    Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

    “RustFS appears to be very early-stage with no real distributed systems architecture”

    Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters”
  • Marketing-heavy website

    “I really like RustFS as a product, but the marketing fluff and documentation put me off too.”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

    “nearly clicked away based on the sheer volume of marketing wank on their main page”

    Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

    “there's so much marketing attached to the software it turns me off a little”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”
  • CLA and licensing concerns

    “The _only_ reason to require a CLA is because you expect to change the license in the future.”

    Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

    “There's also a CLA with full copyright assignment, so yeah, I'd steer clear of that one”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

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.

RustFS compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Garage S3 object store831882%9—Approved
MinIO5414927%95 yrs3 owners—
RustFSThis page482665%9——
SeaweedFS461082%92 yrs3 ownersApproved
VersityGW16289%7—Approved
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What people said

40 of the 98 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“with things like RustFS becoming more and more popular”

RecommendsComment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Cloudflare K2: serverless event streams”

“found it to work well on baremetal machines and seamlessly integrated with existing services that used the S3 api”

RecommendsComment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3”

“We use RustFS in a production system with no issues.”

RecommendsComment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3”

“I enjoyed the smooth transition from minio to RustFS quite a lot.”

RecommendsComment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3”

“RustFS also would be a good choice based on your requirements.”

RecommendsComment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage”

“it's those small writes that was making garagefs perform so badly and rustfs perform a lot better”

RecommendsComment from 12 Jul 2026 in “ZeroFS vs. Amazon S3 Files”

“From the looks at the rustfs website, it looks like the opposite of that.”

CriticizesComment from 12 Jul 2026 in “ZeroFS vs. Amazon S3 Files”

“I ended up moving to rustfs for my plakar and restic backup station”

RecommendsComment from 12 Jul 2026 in “ZeroFS vs. Amazon S3 Files”

“RustFS was just plug and play albeit a few minor API differences.”

RecommendsComment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Postgres data stored in Parquet on S3: LTAP architecture explained”

“although it's not so mature yet, but with WebDAV and some other stuff”

MixedComment from 2 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Is there any good open-source alternative to MinIO?”

“RustFS and Garage seems to be filling that space and is good”

RecommendsComment from 16 Apr 2026 in “P2: Object Storage Server with S3 Compatible API, MIT License”

“It was easier that garagehq and it even comes with UI.”

RecommendsComment from 11 Apr 2026 in “I Just Want Simple S3”

“RustFS is a good and simple-to-usr alternative for MinIO”

RecommendsComment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Local Stack Archived their GitHub repo and requires an account to run”

“It's very compact and fast to run”

RecommendsComment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Local Stack Archived their GitHub repo and requires an account to run”

“Replacing MinIO binary with RustFs is fully compatible.”

RecommendsComment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: RustFS – Migrate from MinIO via simple binary replacement”

“Because RustFS is fully S3-compatible, we decided to tackle the on-disk format.”

RecommendsComment from 18 Mar 2026 in “A drop-in binary replacement to migrate from MinIO to RustFS”

“we're building something technically excellent first, and we're committed to doing it in a way that keeps the core open”

RecommendsComment from 15 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“building a solid foundation for RustFS so it doesn't face the licensing”

RecommendsComment from 15 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“the smart money and talent have already moved on to systems like RustFS”

RecommendsComment from 14 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“I really like RustFS as a product, but the marketing fluff and documentation put me off too.”

MixedComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“there's so much marketing attached to the software it turns me off a little”

CriticizesComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“its overall design still lags behind MinIO and RustFS”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“RustFS is a solid candidate — we've been evaluating it seriously.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“The RustFS console is the most convenient and user-friendly.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“Both rustfs and seaweedfs are pretty pretty good based on my light testing.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“There's also a CLA with full copyright assignment, so yeah, I'd steer clear of that one”

CriticizesComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“the rustfs setup has been pretty painless sofar”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“Very slim footprint and very fast.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“since then rustfs fixed the issue I found. Rustfs really is close to a minio rewrite.”

MixedComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained”

“Having our implementation reviewed and accepted by a major ecosystem like Laravel was an encouraging milestone for us.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters”

“This specific architectural strategy has been proven reliable in production environments at the EiB scale.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters”

“there's a disturbing number of 404s that scream "not ready for prime-time" to me.”

CriticizesComment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters”

“RustFS appears to be very early-stage with no real distributed systems architecture”

CriticizesComment from 19 Dec 2025 in “Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters”

“RustFS is very new, very much a work in progress[1], and will probably eat your data.”

CriticizesComment from 5 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

“Single-node is stable, and the team moves fast”

MixedComment from 4 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

“anything that can replace or compete with MinIO is a win for the users”

RecommendsComment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

“The _only_ reason to require a CLA is because you expect to change the license in the future.”

CriticizesComment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

“Although promising, RustFS is a Chinese product. This would be a non-starter for many.”

MixedComment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

“still very fresh project, to the point running out of date minio version will most likely be less problematic than latest rustfs”

CriticizesComment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

“nearly clicked away based on the sheer volume of marketing wank on their main page”

MixedComment from 3 Dec 2025 in “MinIO is now in maintenance-mode”

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