OpenMaxIO
Initial community fork of [MinIO](/node/minio) created in May 2025 to restore the management UI and admin features that MinIO Inc. removed from the open-source community edition. Was attempted as the open-source landing zone for operators left behind when MinIO Inc. pivoted to AIStor commercial product. **Status as of late 2025: abandoned.** The community fork that actually carries the ongoing MinIO-without-the-company workload is [pgsty/minio](/node/pgsty-minio-fork) instead.
Definition
Initial community fork of [MinIO](/node/minio) created in May 2025 to restore the management UI and admin features that MinIO Inc. removed from the open-source community edition. Was attempted as the open-source landing zone for operators left behind when MinIO Inc. pivoted to AIStor commercial product. **Status as of late 2025: abandoned.** The community fork that actually carries the ongoing MinIO-without-the-company workload is [pgsty/minio](/node/pgsty-minio-fork) instead.
None — the project is abandoned. Operators previously interested in OpenMaxIO should evaluate [pgsty/minio fork](/node/pgsty-minio-fork) (active CVE patching, builds shipped through April 2026), [SeaweedFS](/node/seaweedfs), [Garage](/node/garage), [Ceph](/node/ceph), or [RustFS](/node/rustfs) as live alternatives — see `Self-Hosted S3 after MinIO` for the broader landscape.
Recent developments
- OpenMaxIO is abandoned. Per community discussions and 2026 retrospectives, the OpenMaxIO fork stalled within months of its May 2025 launch and is no longer maintained. Per Linuxiac — Open-Source Community Launches MinIO Fork.
- pgsty/minio is the active community successor. Created October 25, 2025 in response to MinIO Inc.'s binary distribution halt; packages the last known-good MinIO source, applies CVE patches, last build April 17, 2026. Per InfoQ — MinIO GitHub Maintenance Mode.
- MinIO Inc. archived the GitHub repository February 14, 2026. Read-only since; all active development moved to MinIO AIStor under proprietary license. Per MinIO Download — AIStor.
- Recommended replacements in the post-MinIO 2026 landscape. Operators outgrowing single-node deployments are advised to look at RustFS, SeaweedFS, Garage, or Ceph rather than OpenMaxIO. Per Rilavek — Self-Hosted S3 in 2026 and Product Impossible — Self-hosted S3 after MinIO.
- Proxmox community thread on MinIO's death and what's next. Documents the community sentiment around MinIO Inc.'s strategy and the search for alternatives — OpenMaxIO is mentioned in passing as one of the failed alternatives. Per Proxmox forum thread.
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