The best replacement for tmpfs is ramfs.

The best alternatives to tmpfs are rated as following:
★★★★★  ramfs
★★★★  ramdisk
★★★  /dev/shm
★★★  devtmpfs
★★  /tmp
★  shm
  shmfs

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