A focused, easy to use, idiomatic, high performance, async object store library for interacting with object stores.
Using this crate, the same binary and code can easily run in multiple clouds and local test environments, via a simple runtime configuration change. Supported object stores include:
Originally developed by InfluxData and later donated to Apache Arrow.
See docs.rs for usage instructions
See CONTRIBUTING.md to learn how to contribute to this project.
wasm32-unknown-unknown targetIt's possible to build object_store for the wasm32-unknown-unknown target, however the cloud storage features aws, azure, gcp, and http are not supported.
cargo build -p object_store --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
Here are several related crates in different repositories from other Apache projects.
| Crate | Description | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
object_store_opendal | Use opendal as object_store backend | (README) |
There following community maintained crates provide additional functionality for object_store and are NOT governed by the Apache Software Foundation. We list them below in the hope they may be useful, but they are not official Apache projects or endorsed by the Apache Arrow project.
| Crate | Description | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
hdfs_native_object_store | Use HDFS as object_store backend | (README) |
ic_object_store | Use ICP blockchain as object_store backend | (README) |
anda_object_store | Extends the object_store with metadata management and AES-256-GCM encryption | (README) |
The object_store crate follows Semantic Versioning. We aim to release new versions approximately every 2 months.
Please see the release tracker for an up to date release schedule, to track the progress of upcoming releases, and request features or fixes.
Planned Release Schedule
| Approximate Date | Version | Notes | Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | 0.13.2 | Minor, NO breaking API changes | #393 |
| May 2026 | 0.13.3 | Minor, NO breaking API changes | #672 |
| May 2026 | 0.14.0 | Major, breaking API changes | #673 |