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512MB RAM / 1.0 vCPU
MinIO + imgproxy
High-performance S3-compatible object storage paired with on-the-fly WebP/AVIF image resizing in Go
- ✓Drop-in AWS S3 replacement with $0 egress on Hetzner/Vultr
- ✓imgproxy converts to WebP/AVIF on the fly
- ✓Built-in web console & bucket policies
minio/minio:latest
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