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Godwit

Migrate, sync, and back up S3-compatible object storage with plan-first runs, incremental transfers, Object Lock immutability, and checksum-verified proof every run finished. Works with AWS S3, MinIO, RustFS, and Ceph.

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This page is designed to help you find out whether Godwit is good and if it is the right choice for you.

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  • Godwit Real-time sync progress in the Godwit Sync terminal UI
    Real-time sync progress in the Godwit Sync terminal UI //
    2026-07-07

Features & Specs

  1. Plan-first workflow

    Preview the exact objects and bytes in an editable plan before anything transfers

  2. Sync Only What Changed

    Run the same command from your own cron or systemd timer and forget it. The first execution is a full sync; every subsequent run compares each source object against confirmed-completed metadata and transfers only what changed. A 500,000-object bucket with 1,000 daily changes skips 499,000 destination lookups and transfers just the 1,000, then exits with a status endpoint and exit code that prove the run finished.

  3. Observable & Verifiable

    Know exactly what's happening at every moment. Integrate with your existing monitoring stack and verify every byte after it lands.

  4. Resumable transfers

    Continue from the exact checkpoint after a crash, no restart from zero

  5. Rate limiting

    Control read and write throughput so a job never overwhelms the source

  6. Version history

    Migrate every object version, not just the latest

  7. Metadata preserved

    Object metadata and tags copied exactly as stored at the source

  8. Stream-to-stream

    Object data is never staged or cached on local disk

  9. Immutable targets

    Compatible with Object Lock / WORM buckets

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Questions & Answers

As answered by people managing Godwit.
  1. How would you describe the primary audience of Godwit?

    DevOps, SREs, sysadmins, and technical self-hosters who run S3-compatible object storage and need predictable, verifiable migration and ongoing sync (backup, DR, replication) from the command line.

  2. What makes Godwit unique?

    Plan-first and proof-driven: it shows you exactly what will move before it moves, then proves every run finished with per-object MD5 checksums, metrics, and an on-demand plan verify. Re-runs are incremental: only changed objects transfer, planned from a local baseline with zero destination calls.

  3. What's the story behind Godwit?

    Named after the bird with the longest non-stop migration on Earth. Godwit Sync was built out of frustration with sync tools that report success without proof: to turn risky migrations and fragile cron jobs into planned, observable runs.

  4. Why should a person choose Godwit over its competitors?

    Tools like rclone move data but can't prove a scheduled run actually finished; Godwit proves it (status endpoint, metrics, exit codes, checksum verification). And unlike restic/Borg, it keeps your data as native objects in your own bucket: directly usable, with immutability via bucket Object Lock.

  5. Which are the primary technologies used for building Godwit?

    Go, minio-go (any S3-compatible endpoint), SQLite, Cobra, Bubble Tea, and Prometheus: on a hexagonal architecture.

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