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Rustic

Fast encrypted deduplicated backup compatible with Restic

Backup & Recovery ★ 3.3k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Rustic is a backup tool written in Rust that creates fast, encrypted, and deduplicated backups. It is fully compatible with Restic repositories while offering lower memory usage.

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Key features

  • Restic-compatible repositories
  • Low memory footprint
  • Cold storage support

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Active community (3.3k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Rust
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM

Is Rustic secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Rustic'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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