Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to ROOK

Open, Cloud Native, and Universal Distributed Storage

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ROOK launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Datomic▲73

   Distributed immutable transactional database for the cloud

   2014 · datomic.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TinyStorage▲178

   A Modern GUI For S3

   2025 · tinybrief.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bitcasa▲75

   Free up disk space with system-integrated cloud storage

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tutum▲86

   Docker containers as a cloud service

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sunshine▲140

   Instant file sharing without cloud storage

   2015 · sunshineapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Servant▲94

   A simple cloud database for everyone

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cohesity▲61

   Deliver smarter, more efficient secondary storage

   2015 · cohesity.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Citus Cloud▲89

   A database for building real-time apps on billions of events

   2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   bawkterm: an open-source SSH/sFTP client▲66

   A desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH

   28d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    DataStories▲83

    Clear solutions to complex problems

    2015 · datastories.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Nearbox▲85

    Airbnb for storage: an online marketplace for unused space.

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Naarchy▲69

    A little island for everything on your Linux desktop

    23d ago · michaelchurley.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Onyx▲7

    Distributed computation for the cloud

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    StorPool▲68

    Software-defined distributed storage.

    2014 · storpool.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    RancherOS▲59

    A minimalist distribution of Linux

    2015 · rancher.com · its alternatives →

16. 16KO
    Kloudless – One cloud storage API in the place of many▲7

    2014 · kloudless.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CS
    Cloud storage abstraction package for Go▲9

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Coldcrate, large short-term burst storage using the Dropbox API▲9

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    OpenShift▲10

    A free, end-to-end, cloud-native development experience.

    2017 · developers.redhat.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bosh▲5

    An open source tool for distributed systems

    2016 · bosh.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    mountOS▲13

    Accessing cloud storage as local storage

    2024 · mountos.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    ZPan▲4

    A self-host cloud disk base on the cloud storage

    2020 · zpan.space · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Europa▲5

    An Open Source Multi-Cloud Container Registry

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Sia▲13

    Decentralized storage on the blockchain

    2015 · siacoin.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →