install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install garage

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install garage

MacPorts ports tree · net/garage/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add garage

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · garage · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S garage

Arch Linux sync databases · garage · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install garage

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · garage · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters

Project links

Commands and aliases

garage

history

Project history and usage

Garage is a self-hosted, S3-compatible distributed object store from Deuxfleurs, aimed at small-to-medium deployments that span multiple physical locations.

Project history

The project was created in 2020 by Deuxfleurs, an experimental small-scale self-hosted service provider. Its README describes Garage as the storage service Deuxfleurs has used in production since the first release in 2020.

Garage's design centers on lightweight operation, resilience to machine failures, and replication across locations rather than compatibility with filesystem or POSIX semantics.

Adoption history

Official documentation presents Deuxfleurs itself as an early production user and invites other organizations to add public use cases. Package-manager availability across Homebrew and several Linux distributions reflects its role as an installable service daemon rather than only a source-built research project.

How it is used

Users deploy Garage nodes with a TOML configuration file, join them into a cluster, and access storage through S3-compatible clients. The project documents common operations such as binary packages, systemd service setup, gateway nodes, reverse proxying, monitoring, and upgrades.

Why package nerds care

Garage matters to package and self-hosting communities because it gives S3-compatible object storage a small-operator shape: a single CLI/server package, plain configuration, documented packages, and a design explicitly tuned for machines outside conventional datacenters.

Timeline

2020: Garage project created and first used by Deuxfleurs in production.
2021: 0.3.0 release published on the official Deuxfleurs forge.
2022: 0.7.0 release published as Garage moved through early public releases.

Related projects

Garage is related to Amazon S3 through protocol compatibility, and to Deuxfleurs infrastructure projects such as Bagage, which the official use-case documentation describes as a WebDAV-to-S3 and SFTP-to-S3 proxy.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /etc/garage.toml$GARAGE_CONFIG_FILE

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`garage`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.3.0

manager updated2026-04-16

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:garage
Version	2.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/garage
Homepage	https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/
Repository	https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage
Upstream docs	https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation
License	AGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage/archive/v2.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-04-16T21:50:26Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	garage
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

apk95%

garage 2.3.0-r0

Lightweight S3-compatible distributed object store

https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr

sudo apk add garage

License: AGPL-3.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: garage
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Garage

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: garage from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

garage-openrc 2.3.0-r0

Lightweight S3-compatible distributed object store (OpenRC init scripts)

https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr

sudo apk add garage-openrc

License: AGPL-3.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: garage
normalized package name match
Matched by: Garage

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: garage-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

garage 2.3.0-1

A S3-compatible distributed object storage service tailored for self-hosting

https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/

sudo pacman -S garage

License: AGPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
6 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Garage

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: garage from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

garage 2.3.0-1.2

S3-compatible object store for small self-hosted geo-distributed deployments

https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage

sudo zypper install garage

License: AGPL-3.0-only
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: garage
8 dependencies
5 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Garage

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: garage from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

garage

sudo port install garage

normalized package name match
Matched by: Garage

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/garage/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/garage.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install garage with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, pacman, zypper