MinIO Has a Free API — S3-Compatible Object Storage You Can Self-Host

MinIO is the S3-compatible object storage you can run locally or on your own servers — same API as AWS S3, but free and open source. Used by companies handling petabytes of data. Why MinIO? S3-compatible — use AWS SDK, works with any S3-compatible tool Self-hosted — your data, your servers, no cloud bills Fast — 325 GiB/s throughput on standard hardware Kubernetes-native — built for cloud-native deployments Erasure coding — data protection without RAID Versioning, lifecycle, encryption — enterprise features, free Quick Start (Docker) docker run -d \ --name minio \ -p 9000:9000 \ -p 9001:9001 \ -v minio-data:/data \ -e MINIO_ROOT_USER = minioadmin \ -e MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD = minioadmin \ minio/minio server /data --console-address ":9001" # Console UI: http://localhost:9001 # API: http://localhost:9000 Node.js Client npm install @aws-sdk/client-s3 @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner import { S3Client , PutObjectCommand , GetObjectCommand , ListObjectsV2Command , DeleteObjectCommand , } from " @