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pgBackRest

Reliable backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL

Backup & Recovery ★ 4.4k stars Hard setup MIT

pgBackRest is a robust backup and restore tool for PostgreSQL that supports full, differential, and incremental backups. It offers parallel processing, encryption, and cloud storage targets.

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Key features

  • Full and incremental backups
  • Parallel compression
  • S3 and Azure storage support

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (4.4k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C

Is pgBackRest secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for pgBackRest'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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