MinIO Client, usually invoked as mc, is a command-line utility for working with object storage from a Unix-style shell.
It’s designed for MinIO deployments but also works with Amazon S3 and other S3-compatible services, giving you a consistent way to move data, inspect objects, compare buckets, and automate storage administration alongside local filesystem operations.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Stores connection details with aliases, making it easy to manage credentials and endpoints for MinIO and other S3-compatible services.
- Handles day-to-day object and bucket tasks such as listing, copying, moving, mirroring, finding, diffing, tagging, and retrieving metadata.
- Provides administration commands for bucket lifecycle rules, quotas, replication, encryption, versioning, retention, legal holds, and anonymous access.
- Includes advanced capabilities such as generating temporary share URLs, running SQL queries on object data, watching object events, and undoing PUT or DELETE operations.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/minio/mc
Support:
Developer: MinIO, Inc.
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Related Software
| S3 Terminal Tools | |
|---|---|
| s5cmd | S3 and local filesystem execution tool |
| claws | Terminal user interface for managing AWS resources |
| s3cmd | Manage objects in Amazon S3 storage |
| Rclone | Command line program to sync files and directories |
| STU | Browse buckets and objects directly from your terminal, preview files, and more |
| stree | Visualize the directory tree structure of an S3 bucket |
| MinIO Client | Work with object storage from a Unix-style shell |
| s3tui | Simple S3 CLI client for file transfers |
| S3ry | AWS S3 interactive terminal client |
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