Blobber
Push and stream arbitrary files with OCI registries
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HN · launched Jan 9, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: cloud storage and backup management tools · 118 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Data infrastructure
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 118 launches in cloud storage and backup management tools →
Could you build this?
Partial A basic CLI or tool using existing OCI client libraries can be vibe-coded, but implementing low-level OCI registry chunk streaming, layer composition, and robust OCI spec adherence is non-trivial.
What it would actually take: Likely built in Go or Rust utilizing OCI distribution specification libraries (e.g., ORAS or containerd/go-micro). The difficult parts entail handling resumable chunked layer uploads, content-addressable storage hashing (SHA256), streaming de-duplication, memory-efficient streaming of multi-gigabyte blobs without local disk caching, and compatibility with various cloud container registry quirks. Requires solid systems programming and container registry protocol knowledge.
Discussion
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Feature requests: Selective file extraction from container images by filename or SHA hash, Decentralized/swarm-like distribution from public OCI registries
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 992 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #919 of 993 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 70 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Agfs · hn · 2025-11-18 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- herringbone · github · 2026-09-30 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Reflota · hn · 2026-11-13 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- pi-jev · github · 2026-09-18 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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- bitzipper-desktop · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- file-lease · github · 2026-11-06 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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