#s3

A simple, high-throughput file client for mounting an Amazon S3 bucket as a local file system.

This is a Container Storage Interface (CSI) for S3 (or S3 compatible) storage. This can dynamically allocate buckets and mount them via a fuse mount into any container.

GeeseFS allows you to mount an S3 bucket as a file system. GeeseFS is a high-performance, POSIX-ish S3 (Yandex, Amazon) file system written in Go

An open-source distributed object storage service tailored for self-hosting

Garage implements the Amazon S3 API and thus is already compatible with many applications.

The main goal of Garage is to provide an object storage service that is compatible with the S3 API from Amazon Web Services. We try to adhere as strictly as possible to the semantics of the API as implemented by Amazon and other vendors such as Minio or CEPH.

Useful links:

• https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation/quick-start/ *
• https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation/reference-manual/configuration/
• https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation/operations/multi-hdd/
• https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation/cookbook/kubernetes/
• https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation/reference-manual/monitoring/

In December 2025, MinIO officially entered “maintenance mode” for its open-source edition, effectively ending active development. Combined with earlier moves like removing the admin UI, discontinuing Docker images, and pushing users toward their $96,000+ AIStor paid product, the writing was on the wall: MinIO’s open-source days were over.

Garage: What I chose. Lightweight, Rust-based, genuinely open source. SeaweedFS: Go-based, active development, designed for large-scale deployments but works at small scale. Ceph RGW: If you’re already running Ceph, the RADOS Gateway provides S3 compatibility.

Object Mount includes its own CSI driver for Kubernetes, allowing you to use AWS S3, Google Cloud, and Azure storage seamlessly within your Kubernetes clusters.

Object Mount was originally developed to deliver high-throughput, POSIX-compatible filesystem access to object storage for high-performance workloads in the genomics industry. It has since evolved into a full Mountpoint alternative that can mount AWS S3, Google Cloud, and Azure Blob Storage as a filesystem in virtually any Linux environment.

the Mountpoint CSI driver presents an Amazon S3 bucket as a storage volume accessible by containers in your Kubernetes cluster