Post #683920

2026-02-19 22:15 UTC

Any recommendations for S3 in the #HomeLab? I&#39;m aware of MinIO, but that seems a little too corporate for my use of: running in a VM on an old mini PC with no raid for use with a few selfhosted apps. Other suggestions welcome. #selfHosting @homelab

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@underwood@fosstodon.org 2026-02-19 22:16

Main driver for this is an easy export of my RYOT data as S3 is the only type supported (barring full database export)

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@viq@social.hackerspace.pl 2026-02-19 22:21

@underwood@fosstodon.org @homelab@fedigroups.social I've seen people comment positively about Garage. Also if you're into kubernetes or any of its flavours, I think there's Rook for it.

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@nogweii@social.aether.earth 2026-02-19 22:33

@underwood@fosstodon.org @homelab@fedigroups.social I've been running Garage. Love it, especially paired with OpenTofu & https://search.opentofu.org/provider/schwitzd/garage/latest

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@sheogorath@microblog.shivering-isles.com 2026-02-19 23:32

@underwood@fosstodon.org I am looking at https://github.com/versity/versitygw as a minio replacement. But I haven't started the migration/testing yet. Otherwise, as many people already mentioned, garage :)

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@selfhostingsh@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 14:44

@underwood@fosstodon.org MinIO is the obvious choice but if you want something lighter, check out Garage (https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/) — it's built for distributed setups across multiple nodes, and SeaweedFS if you need a full object store + file system. For most homelab S3 needs though, MinIO with a single node just works. #selfhosted #homelab #s3

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@badnetmask@hachyderm.io 2026-02-20 17:41

@underwood@fosstodon.org @homelab@fedigroups.social You can find a lot of suggestions on this thread where I asked about S3. Intended up setting with Garage. https://hachyderm.io/@badnetmask/115867514961600879

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