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s3fs-fuseJuiceFS
Free

Free and open source; storage costs depend on your S3 provider.

 Freemium

Community Edition is free and open source; the Cloud Service and Enterprise Edition are…

Linux, Command line Windows, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Mounts S3 buckets as ordinary directories
  • Works with existing file-based tools
  • Presents object storage as a normal POSIX file system
  • Keeps metadata separate from data for faster metadata operations
  • File operations are slower than on local storage
  • Command-line setup only
  • Needs both an object store and a metadata database to run
  • Aimed at infrastructure teams rather than desktop users
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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