Garage vs S4Core
Comparing two open source alternatives to MinIO and RustFS. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.
Garage
AGPL-3.0S3-compatible distributed object storage designed for small self-hosted geo-distributed deployments, built in Rust.
S4Core
Apache-2.0High-performance Rust-based S3-compatible object storage with deduplication, SQL queries, and federation.
Side-by-side comparison
| Garage | S4Core | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| GitHub Stars | 4,635 | 441 |
| Forks | 178 | 13 |
| Open Issues | 2 | 3 |
| Last Commit | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| First Released | Nov 17, 2021 | Jan 31, 2026 |
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