openmaxio-object-browser: Manage MinIO Storage in a Web UI

Overview

OpenMaxIO Object Browser is a community-maintained fork of MinIO Console, a web interface for browsing and managing MinIO object storage. It connects to an existing MinIO deployment and provides a graphical alternative to performing storage administration through command-line tools.

It is intended for teams that want to keep using a MinIO-style console while maintaining a fork separate from MinIO, Inc. The repository reports no commits in over a year, so evaluate its current compatibility and maintenance before relying on it.

Key Features

• Browse objects and manage buckets through a web interface.
• View a storage dashboard.
• Connect the console to an existing MinIO server using CONSOLE_MINIO_SERVER.
• Configure console access with a MinIO user and policy, including narrower permissions for selected console functions.
• Run the console service locally, with port configuration available.
• Serve the console over TLS and configure certificates for multiple domains.
• Connect to a MinIO server using TLS with a self-signed certificate by providing its CA certificate.
• Configure HTTP request logging at different levels of detail.

Use Cases

• MinIO operators who want a graphical way to inspect objects and manage buckets instead of relying only on mc.
• Teams administering an existing MinIO deployment that want a separate console service connected to its endpoint.
• Administrators who need to grant console users selected storage permissions rather than using the broad example policy.
• Organizations evaluating a community-maintained MinIO Console fork, provided they can verify it works with their deployment and accept its maintenance status.

Getting Started

The README provides build and deployment details. Its basic build flow is:

git clone https://github.com/OpenMaxIO/openmaxio-object-browser
cd openmaxio-object-browser/web-app
git checkout v1.7.6
yarn install
yarn build
cd ../
make console
./console server

To connect to an existing MinIO server, set CONSOLE_MINIO_SERVER to its URL before starting the console. See the repository README for environment settings, credentials, policies, and TLS setup.

Alternatives

• garage-webui: garage-webui administers Garage, an S3-compatible storage service, rather than browsing and managing an existing MinIO server.

Considerations

The repository is marked inactive, with no commits in over a year, no releases in the past year, and no recorded issue closures or pull requests merged in the last 90 days. It has contributions from multiple people, and the measured contributor share does not indicate reliance on a single contributor, but that does not offset the lack of recent project activity.

Building requires Go 1.23.0 and the README's web-app build uses Yarn. The supplied requirements data reports CI but no tests. The README describes the project as early in its development, so feature completeness and compatibility should be checked against your deployment. The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0, which teams should review for their intended distribution and deployment.