MinIO Is Dead, Long Live MinIO

MinIO's GitHub repository was officially archived in February 2026, ending the project after a years-long wind-down that included a license change to AGPL, removal of the admin console from the community edition, and cessation of binary distribution. The author forked MinIO under the pgsty/minio project, restoring the full admin console (by reverting the console submodule), rebuilding binary distribution (Docker images, RPM/DEB packages, CI/CD pipeline), and preserving community edition documentation. The fork is production-tested as part of the Pigsty PostgreSQL distribution. The author argues AGPL's irrevocable nature protects the community's right to fork, and that AI coding tools make solo maintenance of a feature-complete project feasible.