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s3/LLM.md
zooqueen dd74d3e6d6 Replace AGPL MinIO fork with Apache-2.0 SeaweedFS fork; rebrand CLI weed->s3
hanzoai/s3 was an AGPL-3.0 MinIO fork whose network-copyleft blocks embedding
and reselling as a managed service. Replace it wholesale with a fork of
SeaweedFS (github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs, Apache-2.0, Go) which ships a
built-in S3 gateway + Filer.

- License: AGPL-3.0 -> Apache-2.0 (upstream LICENSE kept verbatim, incl.
  "Copyright 2025 Chris Lu"); NOTICE added crediting SeaweedFS. No AGPL/BUSL/
  SSPL/GPL or enterprise ("ee") files remain.
- Module: go.mod path set to github.com/hanzoai/s3 with a self-replace
  (replace github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs => ./) so the ~1800 internal Go files
  keep their upstream import paths with zero churn. Internal identifiers and
  import paths are intentionally NOT renamed.
- CLI rebrand: the binary is built as `s3` (was `weed`); root usage, per-command
  help/usage/flag strings, shell autocomplete program name, and the product name
  in CLI output now read "Hanzo S3" / `s3`. Users never see `weed`.
  (e.g. `s3 server`, `s3 filer`, `s3 master`, `s3 volume`, `s3 s3`, `s3 mount`.)
- Build: `make` (or `go build -o s3 ./weed`) builds the `s3` binary green;
  `cmd/weed-db` and `cmd/weed-sql` also build; `go vet ./weed/command/` clean.
- README/LLM.md rewritten for Hanzo S3; AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md symlinks preserved.
- Dropped a 33MB prebuilt Mach-O `stress` binary upstream had committed; `.gitignore`
  updated to ignore the `s3` build output.
2026-06-18 23:41:25 -07:00

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Hanzo S3

Overview

Go module: github.com/hanzoai/s3

Upstream: SeaweedFS (Apache-2.0). Hanzo S3 is an Apache-2.0 fork of SeaweedFS. It replaces the previous AGPL-3.0 MinIO fork so the object store can be embedded and offered as a managed service without copyleft.

What changed vs upstream

  • Binary/CLI rebranded weed -> s3. Users only ever see s3 (s3 server, s3 filer, s3 master, s3 volume, s3 s3 for the S3 gateway, s3 mount, s3 mini).
  • User-facing help/usage strings and the product name in CLI output read "Hanzo S3".
  • go.mod module path is github.com/hanzoai/s3 with a self-replace directive (replace github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs => ./) so the ~1800 internal Go files keep their upstream import paths (github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/...) with zero source churn. Internal package identifiers and import paths are intentionally NOT renamed.

Layout (key, from upstream)

  • weed/ — the main package (built as the s3 binary) + all subsystems (s3api/, filer/, server/, command/, storage/, topology/, mount/, ...).
  • weed/command/ — cobra-style subcommands; this is where user-facing help text lives.
  • docker/, k8s/, helm charts under k8s/, terraform/ — deployment.

Build & Run

make                  # builds ./s3 at the repo root (go build -o s3 ./weed)
go build -o s3 ./weed # equivalent
make full_install     # build with optional backends (sqlite, tikv, ydb, elastic, rclone, ...)
./s3 -h               # full command list

License

Apache-2.0 (LICENSE). Attribution to SeaweedFS in NOTICE.