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Versity S3 Gateway. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install versitygw

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#versitygw

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ve/versitygw/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install versitygw

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

overview

Package summary

Versity S3 Gateway

Commands and aliases

  • versitygw

history

Project history and usage

VersityGW is an Apache-2.0 open-source S3 gateway written in Go. Its purpose is to translate S3 object requests into operations on existing storage backends, especially POSIX file storage, so S3-oriented applications can use non-object or hybrid storage systems.

Project history

The public repository was created on May 5, 2023, with early v0.x releases following in June and July 2023. Versity describes the gateway as built from scratch in Go and designed to meet a community need for a reliable, high-performance object-to-file translation layer.

The project is tied to Versity's storage product ecosystem but is presented as a community-oriented open-source gateway. Official materials name Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre as collaborators, which places the tool in the research/HPC storage world rather than only in generic cloud emulation.

Adoption history

VersityGW's adoption story is mostly early and infrastructure-specific. Its GitHub project has grown into an active repository with substantial commit history, issues, discussions, and a wiki, while Versity positions it for hybrid storage environments where S3 clients need access to file-based systems.

How it is used

Typical use is to run `versitygw` as an S3-compatible HTTP service in front of a backend such as a local POSIX filesystem, Versity ScoutFS, Azure Blob Storage, or another S3 server. The README emphasizes single-command local filesystem serving, S3 proxying, static website hosting, and stateless clustered deployment behind load balancers.

A central design point for the POSIX backend is transparent object-to-file mapping: object keys are represented as predictable filesystem paths rather than opaque internal objects. That makes the gateway attractive to administrators who want S3 API compatibility without giving up direct filesystem access for backup, inspection, or migration workflows.

Why package nerds care

For infrastructure packagers, VersityGW is interesting because it packages a narrow but useful bridge: S3 semantics over ordinary or existing storage. It is the kind of tool that matters in labs, archives, and HPC environments where applications increasingly speak S3 but the durable storage estate may still be POSIX, NAS, tape-adjacent, or otherwise non-cloud-native.

Timeline

  • 2023-05-05: GitHub repository created.
  • 2023-06-07: First GitHub release, v0.1, published.
  • 2026-02-09: GitHub wiki home page revised with project goals and background.
  • 2026-04-07: Versity published POSIX-backend guidance describing transparent object-key to path mapping.

Related projects

  • AWS S3: the object API model VersityGW implements for clients.
  • POSIX filesystems and Versity ScoutFS: important backend targets described by the project.
  • Azure Blob Storage and other S3 servers: additional backends listed in the official README.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • 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.

Linux
/etc/versitygw.d/*.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
versitygwcliglobal 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 version1.6.0
manager updated2026-06-26
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.6.0

https://github.com/versity/versitygw

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:versitygw
Version1.6.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/versitygw
Homepagehttps://www.versity.com/products/versitygw/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/versity/versitygw
Upstream docshttps://github.com/versity/versitygw
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/versity/versitygw/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-26T22:39:26Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameversitygw
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Nix95%

versitygw

nix profile install nixpkgs#versitygw
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Versitygw
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ve/versitygw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper95%

versitygw 1.5.0-1.1

High-Performance S3 Translation Service

https://github.com/versity/versitygw

sudo zypper install versitygw
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: versitygw
  • 2 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Versitygw
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: versitygw from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

versitygw-cli 1.5.0-1.1

Binary for versitygw, usable to connect to remote instances

https://github.com/versity/versitygw

sudo zypper install versitygw-cli
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: versitygw
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Versitygw
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: versitygw-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

versitygw-cli-bash-completion 1.5.0-1.1

Bash Completion for versitygw

https://github.com/versity/versitygw

sudo zypper install versitygw-cli-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: versitygw
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Versitygw
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: versitygw-cli-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

versitygw-cli-fish-completion 1.5.0-1.1

Fish Completion for versitygw

https://github.com/versity/versitygw

sudo zypper install versitygw-cli-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: versitygw
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Versitygw
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: versitygw-cli-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

versitygw-cli-zsh-completion 1.5.0-1.1

Zsh Completion for versitygw

https://github.com/versity/versitygw

sudo zypper install versitygw-cli-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: versitygw
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Versitygw
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: versitygw-cli-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • garageShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, object-storage, s3, storage.
  • s3fsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, object-storage, s3.
  • storj-uplinkShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, object-storage, storage.
  • gcsfuseShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, object-storage, storage.
  • juicefsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, s3, storage.
  • s3qlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, object-storage, storage.

source trail

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

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