# SeaweedFS

Distributed file system and S3-compatible object store, written in Go, shipped as one weed binary.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs
- docs: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/wiki
- pricing: https://seaweedfs.com/docs/pricing/
- x: https://twitter.com/SeaweedFS
- subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SeaweedFS/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Seaweed Data
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql, postgres, sqlite, mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: binary download from GitHub releases

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: Apache-2.0, SeaweedFS Enterprise Edition End User License Agreement

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 35828
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 399
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://seaweedfs.com/docs/eula/ (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/v0.69 (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- adminUi: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://seaweedfs.com/docs/eula/ (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://seaweedfs.com/docs/pricing/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.51 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.51 (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)
- databases: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

SeaweedFS is a distributed file system and object store written in Go. One `weed` binary serves an S3 object store, a POSIX file system and a lakehouse with S3 Tables, and the same process also runs the master, volume server, filer, WebDAV, the Iceberg REST catalog and the Admin UI. The [README](https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs) starts a one-node S3 endpoint with a single command, and it shows how to run the master, volume server, filer and S3 as separate services. The installation routes it lists are a release binary, an install script, a Docker image, Docker Compose, a Helm chart for Kubernetes and a build from source.

The filer keeps directory metadata in an external store such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite or MongoDB. The repository belongs to the seaweedfs organization on GitHub.

## Worth knowing

The open source code is licensed under Apache-2.0. Seaweed Data publishes SeaweedFS Enterprise Edition, which adds features such as data recovery, point-in-time recovery and customizable erasure coding, under a separate end user license agreement. The README compares the project with MinIO, which it describes as having ceased development.

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