Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)

In plain words

Minikv is an open-source distributed storage engine written in Rust that combines a strongly-consistent key-value database using Raft consensus with S3-compatible object storage. Built for learning, experimentation, and self-hosted deployments, it offers automatic failover, sharding, pluggable storage backends (in-memory, RocksDB, Sled), and multi-tenancy with role-based access control. The system includes REST and gRPC APIs, Prometheus metrics, TLS support, and JWT authentication.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Distributed, multi-tenant key-value and object store in Rust, with Raft consensus, WAL durability, and production-oriented operations. - whispem/minikv

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Hi HN, I'm Emilie, I have a literature background (which explains the well-written documentation!) and I've been learning Rust and distributed systems by building minikv over the past few months. It recently got featured in Programmez! magazine…

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