# MinIO

S3-compatible object storage server written in Go.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/minio/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.min.io/
- repository: https://github.com/minio/minio
- docs: https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/index.html
- x: https://x.com/Minio

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: MinIO, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: go install from source

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 61295
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 410
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.min.io/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/minio/minio (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/index.html (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/NOTICE (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://www.min.io/ (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/minio/minio (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- adminUi: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/OFFICIAL.2016-02-08T00-12-28Z (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/minio/minio (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/minio/minio/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

MinIO is an object storage server with an S3-compatible API, written in Go. The community source builds with the Go toolchain or from the Dockerfile in its repository, and the README starts the server with a command that takes an empty folder as its path. The server includes an embedded web browser for buckets and objects. The README also covers installing it on bare-metal hardware, and it names the community Helm chart and the MinIO Operator for Kubernetes.

## Worth knowing

The [repository](https://github.com/minio/minio) is archived, and its README says it is no longer maintained. The README names two editions of the company's AIStor product as alternatives. The community source is distributed without pre-compiled binaries, and the README says earlier binaries will not receive updates. The README says usage in an application stack requires validation against AGPLv3 obligations.

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