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Restic Mailer

Notification wrapper for restic backup jobs

Backup & Recovery ★ 664 stars Easy setup MIT

A wrapper around restic that runs backups on schedule and emails detailed success or failure reports. It adds visibility to unattended restic deployments.

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Key features

  • Scheduled restic runs
  • Email job reports
  • systemd integration
  • Unattended backups

Strengths

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

Is Restic Mailer secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Restic Mailer'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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