https://github.com/achtungsoftware/alarik
High performance S3 compatible object storage focused on speed and simplicity and designed to be an open alternative to MinIO and RustFS.
https://github.com/achtungsoftware/alarik
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High performance S3 compatible object storage focused on speed and simplicity and designed to be an open alternative to MinIO and RustFS.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/achtungsoftware/alarik
- Owner: achtungsoftware
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2025-12-06T03:48:26.000Z (2 months ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-12-17T19:23:13.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-12-21T07:40:45.895Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: minio, object, object-storage, rustfs, s3-bucket, s3-storage
- Language: Swift
- Homepage: https://alarik.io
- Size: 1.52 MB
- Stars: 124
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# Alarik - a High-Performance S3-Compatible Object Storage
Alarik is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage system written in **Swift**, licensed under the **Apache 2.0** license. It aims to deliver exceptional speed, developer-friendly ergonomics, and a modern cloud-native core. See [Documentation](https://alarik.io/docs)
## Why Alarik?
Recent shifts in the ecosystem-especially surrounding MinIO-have revealed how fragile it is to depend on a single “reference” implementation for S3-compatible storage. These changes highlighted structural, licensing, and philosophical issues that many teams had long overlooked.
**Alarik exists to provide a modern, transparent, community-driven alternative.**
Developers and organizations need an S3-compatible store that is fast, simple to operate, easy to extend, and genuinely open-source. No licensing traps, no moving goalposts.
The goal: a self-hosted, high-speed S3 system built for today’s workloads, without the enterprise upsell.
## Installation
Please see [Documentation](https://alarik.io/docs/installation)
## Why Swift?
Swift brings a rare combination of **performance**, **safety**, and **developer ergonomics**:
- **Fast**: Compiles to highly optimized native code with performance comparable to Rust or Go.
- **Safe**: Memory-safe by design, eliminating entire classes of vulnerabilities common in C/C++ ecosystems.
- **Modern tooling**: Clear syntax, excellent async/await model, first-class concurrency, and mature package management.
- **Great for systems programming**: SwiftNIO and related libraries provide extremely efficient networking and I/O foundations.
Swift is an ideal fit for a new generation of cloud-native storage software.
## Future of Alarik
We are the ones behind the German Accounting-Software [belegFuchs](https://belegfuchs.de), and although we currently run MinIO in production, we are planning to migrate to Alarik in the future. This isn’t a marketing slogan - it’s a commitment that directly shapes our roadmap.
Because we rely on S3-compatible storage every day, we are fully invested in ensuring that Alarik continues to evolve: solid performance, long-term stability, and an open development model without licensing uncertainty. Our own planned adoption is a practical reason why we are committed to keeping Alarik actively maintained and moving forward.
**TL;DR:** Alarik is here to stay - it’s not going anywhere.
## Performance
Alarik is built with a strong focus on low-latency I/O and highly parallel request handling. New benchmarks on a dedicated Linux machine show that Alarik delivers competitive and in many cases superior throughput compared to MinIO or RustFS, even in early alpha stages.
### Benchmark Alarik vs MinIO
We use MinIO’s own benchmarking tool, `warp`, to measure performance. Both the object store and the benchmark client run on the same Linux host, ensuring results reflect raw engine performance rather than network conditions.
> These benchmarks represent the current state of the project. As Alarik’s storage engine and I/O pipeline continue to evolve, we expect performance to improve further.
#### Alarik
#### MinIO
## State of Development
Alarik is currently in **Alpha** - under rapid, active development.
- Expect breaking changes and incomplete feature sets.
- Core S3-compatible storage functionality is already operational.
- Stabilization, documentation, and production-grade hardening are in progress.
Contributions, issues, feedback, and real-world testing are **highly encouraged**.
## Contributing
We welcome contributions of any size. Please:
- Use `dev` branch as your base branch - not master
- Use clear, descriptive commit messages
- Open an issue before starting larger work
- Follow Swift best practices
- Add tests for new functionality where appropriate
- Keep pull requests focused and incremental
More detailed contributing guidelines will be added soon.
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## ⭐️ Stay Updated
More documentation, benchmarks, SDKs, and deployment guides are on the way.
If you believe in a future of open, community-driven, high-performance object storage, consider giving the repo a ⭐ and contributing!