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SeaweedFS vs JuiceFS: catalog facts
SeaweedFSJuiceFS
Free

Free to self-host; source code is published on GitHub.

Freemium

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

Linux, Self-hosted, Command line Windows, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
  • S3-compatible API for existing tools
  • Scales horizontally across many servers
  • Presents object storage as a normal POSIX file system
  • Keeps metadata separate from data for faster metadata operations
  • Infrastructure software that needs server administration skills
  • More than most single users need for simple file sync
  • Needs both an object store and a metadata database to run
  • Aimed at infrastructure teams rather than desktop users
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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