MinIO Is Deprecated: Three Alternatives for S3-Compatible Storage
The MinIO GitHub repository was archived on April 25, 2026, and the minio/minio image disappeared from Docker Hub in September. Three S3-compatible replacements are worth considering: Garage, RustFS and SeaweedFS.
- MinIO's GitHub repository was archived on April 25, 2026 and set to read-only
- The minio/minio image stopped being pullable from Docker Hub in September 2026
- Garage, written in Rust, targets geo-distributed object storage across sites
- RustFS mirrors the MinIO model, while SeaweedFS adds FUSE, HDFS and WebDAV
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