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Garage vs SeaweedFS: catalog facts
Garage	SeaweedFS
Free Free and open source under the AGPL.	Free Free to self-host; source code is published on GitHub.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Designed to run across sites on consumer connections, not just in a datacentre Single Rust binary with modest resource requirements	S3-compatible API for existing tools Scales horizontally across many servers
Implements the common subset of the S3 API, not all of it Eventual consistency has to be understood before relying on it	Infrastructure software that needs server administration skills More than most single users need for simple file sync
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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