Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Pfs is a distributed file system designed for Docker environments that follows Git-like principles. It enables version control and data management workflows similar to Git, but for files and datasets rather than code.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pfs – A Git-like distributed file system for the Docker ecosystem launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A versioned filesystem inspired by Git▲115

   🔥 a versioning filesystem inspired by git. Contribute to artagnon/phoenixfs development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Hubfs – File System for GitHub▲160

   File system for GitHub & GitLab. Contribute to winfsp/hubfs development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   ZFS Implementation in Python▲411

   ZFS, in Python, without reading the original C. Contribute to alcarithemad/zfsp development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Gitfs – mount Git repos as local folders▲196

   gitfs went on a trip around the world, and we were there to document it: fro Italy to Sweden, from the UK to Spain, gitfs has been center stage.

   2014 · presslabs.com · its alternatives →

5. 5RO
   Rarbg on IPFS▲704

   2023 · ipfs.io · its alternatives →

6. 6AI
   AzureFS – I mounted Azure Cloud Storage as filesystem on Linux▲66

   2012 · alpblog.heroku.com · its alternatives →

7. 7VY
   VectorVFS, your filesystem as a vector database▲279

   2025 · vectorvfs.readthedocs.io · its alternatives →

8. 8AO
   Arxiv.org on IPFS▲238

   2021 · xirva.org · its alternatives →

9. 9AD
   A Decentralized StatusPage on IPFS▲316

   2018 · dstatuspage.net · its alternatives →

10. 10FA
    FileNation – A simple way to send files using IPFS▲98

    2018 · filenation.io · its alternatives →

11. 11P2
    PyFilesystem 2.0 – A Python interface to filesystems of all kinds▲139

    2016 · willmcgugan.com · its alternatives →

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    MergerFS – A Featureful Union Filesystem▲44

    a featureful union filesystem. Contribute to trapexit/mergerfs development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13FS
    Fully-searchable Library Genesis on IPFS▲452

    2021 · libgen.fun · its alternatives →

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    Google Drive as a file system▲374

    a FUSE file system based on Google Drive. Contribute to harababurel/gcsf development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cirrus IPFS(Beta)▲89

    Securely decentralize your storage

    2023 · its alternatives →

16. 16GA
    GitPlex – A new Git repo management server with code review▲193

    2016 · pmease.com · its alternatives →

17. 17WS
    We scaled Git to support 1 TB repos▲279

    I’ve been in the MLOps space for ~10 years, and data is still the hardest unsolved open problem. Code is versioned using Git, data is stored somewhere else, and context often lives in a 3rd location like Slack or GDocs. This is why we built XetHub, a platform that enables teams to treat data like code, using Git. Unlike Git LFS, we don’t just store the files. We use content-defined chunking and Merkle Trees to dedupe against everything in history. This allows small changes in large files to be stored compactly. Read more here:…

    2022 · xethub.com · its alternatives →

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    ZeroFS – A log-structured filesystem for S3▲128

    ZeroFS serves S3-compatible buckets as POSIX filesystems over NFS and 9P, or as raw block devices over NBD. Data is compressed and encrypted before upload.

    Jul 2026 · zerofs.net · its alternatives →

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    IPFS▲84

    Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol for Blockchain powered web

    2015 · about.ipfs.io · its alternatives →

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    Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem▲97

    What if you could use bash from a filesystem? Contribute to pcgrosen/bashfs development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pygit – Just enough git to push itself to GitHub▲208

    pygit implements just enough of a Git client (in 500 lines of Python) to create a repo, commit, and push itself to GitHub.

    2017 · benhoyt.com · its alternatives →

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    ByteNite▲206

    Hi HN, I’m one of the creators of ByteNite (https://bytenite.com). We built it for developers running compute-heavy containerized workloads (AI, ETL, batch jobs) who are frustrated with the limitations of traditional serverless platforms: timeouts, cold starts, orchestration complexity, and limited runtime control. ByteNite is a serverless platform that lets you submit distributed jobs packaged as Docker containers. You define simple or complex fan-out/fan-in logic, set your hardware requirements, and we handle the rest—distributing execution across warm cloud runners (CPUs,…

    2025 · docs.bytenite.com · its alternatives →

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    Drivebase▲98

    Unified file manager for all your cloud storage with E2EE

    Feb 2026 · drivebase.io · its alternatives →

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    ObjectiveFS – Shared file system for EC2 and laptop▲27

    Scalable high-performance shared filesystem for S3-compatible object stores and Azure Blob Storage. Faster than Amazon EFS, SoftNAS and GlusterFS. For Linux, EC2, MacOS, as well as SMB and NFS exports. Great for machine learning, cluster computation, simulation, backup and DR, Kubernetes and web ser

    2015 · objectivefs.com · its alternatives →

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