SeaweedFS

Distributed file system supporting WebDAV, S3 API, FUSE mount, HDFS, etc, optimized for lots of small files, and easy to add capacity.

Actively maintained
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At a glance

GitHub stars
35.9k
Forks
3.1k
Open issues & PRs
703
Last activity
2026-11-03
Latest release
4.52
2026-11-02
Commits (12 mo)
3.9k
License
Apache-2.0
Language / platform
Go

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months. GitHub data fetched 2026-11-04.

Run SeaweedFS yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages
  • Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

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