Minio replacement

[ricsanfre]

Scope

Due to latest changes in Minio opensource strategy (removal of Admin UI and not maintenance of Docker images anymore).

• In Feb 2025, Admin UI removal. Code providing UI Admin console removed from Opensource community edition.
  Community Edition's UI re-purposed as Browser Object Console only
  https://github.com/minio/object-browser/pull/3509
• Since October, The MinIO community edition is now distributed as source code only. We will no longer provide pre-compiled binary releases for the community version. Community opensource project is source code only (Docker release? minio/minio#21647)

Requirements

Use a different alternative for S3 storage backends used in the project

• Backup server
• Loki/Tempo backed storage

Possible Alternatives

• Garage
• RustFS
• SeaweedFS

[ricsanfre]

Rustfs currently in alpha, beta in April and GA July 2026.

Rustfs claims to be a binary replacement to migrate from Minio