Juicedata Juicefs by juicedata

JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3.

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Verdict 76/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 102k docker pulls Last release 8 days ago

Self-host Juicedata Juicefs on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
76 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
14k
1.2k forks

About Juicedata Juicefs

From the project's README at github.com/juicedata/juicefs. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

JuiceFS is a high-performance POSIX file system released under Apache License 2.0, particularly designed for the

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
89
maturity
100
community
93
security
70
sustainability
65
adoption
37

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 14k github.com/juicedata/juicefs
GitHub forks 1.2k github.com/juicedata/juicefs
Docker Hub pulls 102k hub.docker.com / juicedata

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.3 yearssince Jan 2021
Last commit7 days agoApr 30, 2026
Releases shipped54last: 8 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Redis Cloud alternatives

Ready to self-host Juicedata Juicefs?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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