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restic

brew install restic v0.19.0 BSD-2-Clause

Go command-line backup tool that creates encrypted, deduplicated snapshots with fast incremental backups.

Why you might care

Restic excels at automated backups with built-in encryption, deduplication across snapshots, and multi-backend support (S3, B2, local, SFTP). Unlike tar or rsync workflows, it tracks file changes efficiently and lets you restore from any point in time without full copies. Single statically-linked binary, no daemon required.

Categories

backup encryption cli-tool

Alternatives

duplicity duplicacy borgbackup bacula
2.1k
30-day installs · #949
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90-day · #1274
9.3k
365-day · #1481

Build dependencies

go

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