# Tigris — The Storage Layer Purpose Built for AI

> Tigris is globally distributed, S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees. A single global endpoint, low-latency access from anywhere, and predictable costs — purpose built for AI training and inference workloads.

## What Tigris is

Tigris is an S3-compatible object storage service that replaces AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Cloudflare R2. Data is globally distributed across multiple regions automatically, so there is one endpoint (`https://t3.storage.dev`) and no per-region bucket juggling. Tigris fulfills over 90% of the S3 API.

- **Globally distributed**: writes are durable across regions; reads are served from the closest region.
- **Zero egress fees**: no bandwidth charges for reading your data out.
- **S3-compatible**: use any AWS SDK, `aws` CLI, boto3, etc. without rewriting code.
- **Predictable pricing**: simple usage-based tiers with a generous free tier.

## Get started

```bash
# Install the Tigris CLI
brew install tigrisdata/tap/tigris          # macOS / Linux (Homebrew)
npm install -g @tigrisdata/cli               # Cross-platform
curl -fsSL https://github.com/tigrisdata/cli/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh  # Native

# Log in
tigris login
```

Or configure the AWS SDK directly:

```bash
export AWS_ENDPOINT_URL=https://t3.storage.dev
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your-key>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your-secret>
export AWS_REGION=auto
```

## Tigris MCP server

An official hosted MCP server is available at `https://mcp.storage.dev/mcp` (HTTP transport).

```bash
# Claude Code
claude mcp add --scope user --transport http tigris https://mcp.storage.dev/mcp
```

Install instructions for Cursor, VS Code, Codex, ChatGPT, Claude Desktop, and Goose are at <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/mcp/remote/>.

## Key resources

- **Docs**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/>
- **Get started quickstart**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/get-started/>
- **CLI**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/cli/>
- **SDKs**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/sdks/>
- **Buckets**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/buckets/>
- **Objects**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/objects/>
- **IAM**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/iam/>
- **Migration from S3/GCS/R2**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/migration/>
- **llms.txt**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/llms.txt>
- **Pricing**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/pricing.md>

## Common use cases

- **AI training and inference data**: put datasets, checkpoints, and model artifacts in one globally accessible bucket and stream them to any GPU region without egress charges.
- **Low-latency object serving**: static assets, user uploads, and generated media served from the nearest region automatically.
- **Multi-cloud / workload portability**: one S3-compatible endpoint reachable from AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-prem without setting up cross-cloud replication.
- **S3 migration**: drop-in replacement that honors the S3 API surface most apps actually use.

## Support and community

- **Status**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/status/>
- **Discord**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/discord/>
- **Blog**: <https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/>
- **GitHub**: <https://github.com/tigrisdata>