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Restic Cron

Containerized scheduled restic backup runner

Backup & Recovery ★ 716 stars Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

A containerized scheduler that runs restic backups on a cron schedule and prunes old snapshots. It is designed to be a drop-in backup sidecar for self-hosted stacks.

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Key features

  • Cron-scheduled backups
  • Automatic pruning
  • restic backend
  • Sidecar container

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Shell

Is Restic Cron secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Restic Cron's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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