4 self-hosted Amazon S3 alternatives

Amazon S3 is a scalable cloud object storage service from Amazon Web Services for storing and retrieving any amount of data. It is widely used for backups, static assets, and application storage. These open-source apps let you replace Amazon S3 with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Amazon S3 alternatives

MinIO

File Sync & Storage

High-performance S3-compatible object storage

Replaces Amazon S3

★ 61.4k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

SeaweedFS

File Sync & Storage

Fast distributed storage for blobs and files

Replaces Amazon S3

★ 34k Hard setup Apache-2.0

Ceph

File Sync & Storage

Distributed object, block, and file storage platform

Replaces Amazon S3, Google Drive

★ 16.9k Hard setup LGPL-2.1

Garage

File Sync & Storage

Lightweight S3-compatible distributed object store

Replaces Amazon S3, Dropbox

★ 1.6k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

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Switching from Amazon S3

Moving off Amazon S3 means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.