Hafiz¶

Enterprise-grade S3-compatible object storage written in Rust

Hafiz (حافظ - "Guardian" in Arabic/Turkish) is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage system. Built from the ground up in Rust for memory safety, performance, and reliability.

Why Hafiz?¶

High Performance

Built in Rust with async I/O for maximum throughput and minimal latency.
Enterprise Security

AES-256-GCM encryption, Object Lock (WORM), LDAP integration.
S3 Compatible

Works with AWS SDKs, CLI, and existing S3 tools.
Cloud Native

Helm chart, Docker images, Prometheus metrics.

Quick Start¶

Docker (Build Locally)Docker ComposeCluster ModeFrom Source

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/shellnoq/hafiz.git
cd hafiz
docker build -t hafiz:local .

# Run
docker run -d \
  --name hafiz \
  -p 9000:9000 \
  -v hafiz-data:/data \
  -e HAFIZ_ROOT_ACCESS_KEY=hafizadmin \
  -e HAFIZ_ROOT_SECRET_KEY=hafizadmin \
  hafiz:local

Access:

S3 API: http://localhost:9000
Admin UI: http://localhost:9000/admin
File Browser: http://localhost:9000/browse

git clone https://github.com/shellnoq/hafiz.git
cd hafiz
docker compose up -d

git clone https://github.com/shellnoq/hafiz.git
cd hafiz
docker build -t hafiz:latest .
docker compose -f docker-compose.cluster.yml up -d

# Prerequisites: Rust 1.85+
git clone https://github.com/shellnoq/hafiz.git
cd hafiz
cargo build --release

HAFIZ_ROOT_ACCESS_KEY=admin \
HAFIZ_ROOT_SECRET_KEY=password \
./target/release/hafiz-server

Features¶

Core Storage¶

Feature	Status
Bucket Operations
Object Operations
Multipart Uploads
Versioning
Lifecycle Policies
Storage Classes

Security¶

Feature	Status
AWS Signature V4
Server-Side Encryption
Object Lock (WORM)
Bucket Policies
LDAP Integration
TLS

Operations¶

Feature	Status
Admin API
Web File Browser
Presigned URLs
Prometheus Metrics
Event Notifications
Access Logging
Health Checks

Enterprise¶

Feature	Status
Multi-Server Cluster
Cross-Network Replication
Unidirectional Replication
Air-Gapped Sync
IAM-Style User Policies
PostgreSQL Backend
High Availability

Comparison¶

Feature	Hafiz	AWS S3
S3 Compatible
Object Lock
LDAP
Written in Rust
License	Apache 2.0	N/A
Self-Hosted

Integrations¶

Hafiz works with any S3-compatible application:

Nextcloud

Use Hafiz as external storage for Nextcloud.

Nextcloud Guide
Backup Tools

rclone, Veeam, Duplicati, and more.

Integrations

Getting Help¶

License¶

Hafiz is open source under the Apache License 2.0.