Minio is a minimal object storage server written in Golang and licensed under [Apache license v2](./LICENSE). Minio is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs.
## Minio Client (mc)
[Minio Client (mc)](https://github.com/minio/mc#minio-client-mc-) provides a modern alternative to Unix commands like ``ls``, ``cat``, ``cp``, ``sync``, and ``diff``. It supports POSIX compatible filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible object storage systems. It is entirely written in Golang.
``mc`` provides minimal tools to work with Amazon S3 compatible object storage and filesystems. Go to [Minio Client](https://github.com/minio/mc#minio-client-mc-).
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