Dabbling in self-hosting, it’s inevitable that you’ve heard of or come across MinIO. The software has traditionally been the go-to solution for anyone setting up self-hosted, S3-compatible object storage, whether for a web server or for backups. It’s been a fast, open-source, and simple solution to integrate with popular backup and file management tools. But every good thing comes to an end, and the developer’s recent changes have raised significant concern in the open-source community. Effectively, a recent update has stripped the community edition of a significant amount of utility, including essential admin functions. Predictably, the developers are pointing towards the commercial version as the solution. While that might work for larger teams, this bait and switch has home labbers, small teams, and independent developers worried. Suffice it to say, if you are still running MinIO today, it’s worth looking at alternatives.