Open-source alternatives to Amazon S3
3 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Amazon S3. ceph is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ceph | 17,139 | Active | Not identified | ○ | C++ |
 Storj | 3,283 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Go |
 SwiftStack | 2,802 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Python |
Each one, briefly
- ceph17,139 stars · not identified · active
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
- Storj3,283 stars · network copyleft · active
Ongoing Storj v3 development. Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure.
- SwiftStack2,802 stars · permissive · active
OpenStack Storage (Swift). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Amazon S3 comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Amazon S3. Browse every open-source alternative.