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Best Docker Backup & Recovery for self-hosting

The 30 best Docker backup & recovery you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

Duplicati

Backup & Recovery

Free backup software with a friendly web UI

Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite

★ 15.1k Easy setup MIT

Kopia

Backup & Recovery

Fast, encrypted backup with a clean interface

Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite

★ 14.3k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Backrest

Backup & Recovery

Web UI and orchestrator for Restic backups

Replaces Backblaze

★ 7.5k Easy setup GPL-3.0

pgBackRest

Backup & Recovery

Reliable backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL

Replaces Veeam

★ 4.4k Hard setup MIT

bitmagnet

Backup & Recovery

BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search

★ 4.4k Medium setup MIT

WAL-G

Backup & Recovery

Archival and restoration tool for databases

Replaces pgBackRest

★ 4.3k Hard setup Apache-2.0

Docker Volume Backup

Backup & Recovery

Backup tool for Docker volumes to local or remote storage

Replaces Veeam

★ 4k Easy setup MPL-2.0

pgBackWeb

Backup & Recovery

Web interface for scheduling PostgreSQL backups

Replaces AWS RDS Backups

★ 2.6k Easy setup MIT

Open Archiver

Backup & Recovery

Email archiving solution with full-text search and eDiscovery search

★ 2.4k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

mail-archiver

Backup & Recovery

Web application for archiving, searching, and exporting emails

★ 2.2k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Backup tool nono Plakar

Backup & Recovery

Effortless backup with built-in verification and UI

Replaces Backblaze, CrashPlan

★ 2.1k Medium setup ISC

borgmatic

Backup & Recovery

Simple configuration-driven frontend for BorgBackup

Replaces CrashPlan, Backblaze

★ 2k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Autorestic

Backup & Recovery

Config-driven wrapper for Restic backups

Replaces Backblaze, CrashPlan

★ 1.9k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Restic REST Server

Backup & Recovery

High-performance HTTP backend for Restic backups

Replaces Backblaze B2

★ 1.5k Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

Gickup

Backup & Recovery

Mirror and back up Git repositories across hosts

Replaces GitHub Backup

★ 1.5k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Bareos

Backup & Recovery

Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced

Replaces Veeam, CommVault

★ 1.3k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Ganymede

Backup & Recovery

Twitch VOD and live stream archiving platform

★ 1k Medium setup GPL-3.0

UrBackup

Backup & Recovery

Client-server backup for files and disk images

Replaces Carbonite

★ 938 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

MySQL Backup Container

Backup & Recovery

Scheduled MySQL and MariaDB dump container

Replaces AWS RDS Backups

★ 761 Easy setup MIT

Restic Cron

Backup & Recovery

Containerized scheduled restic backup runner

Replaces Backblaze

★ 716 Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

BorgWarehouse

Backup & Recovery

Modern web interface to manage a Borg backup server

Replaces BorgBase

★ 678 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Restic Mailer

Backup & Recovery

Notification wrapper for restic backup jobs

Replaces Backblaze

★ 664 Easy setup MIT

ElkarBackup

Backup & Recovery

Web-based backup solution built on rsync

Replaces Carbonite

★ 418 Medium setup GPL-3.0

nxs-backup

Backup & Recovery

Open-source backup solution for files and databases

Replaces Veeam

★ 277 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Minarca Backup

Backup & Recovery

Centralized rdiff-backup with self-service restore

Replaces CrashPlan, Veeam

★ 266 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Rdiffweb

Backup & Recovery

Web interface to browse and restore rdiff-backup repositories

Replaces CrashPlan

★ 200 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Restic Exporter

Backup & Recovery

Prometheus exporter for restic repository status

Replaces Datadog

★ 159 Easy setup MIT

Minarca

Backup & Recovery

Cross-platform backup software with a central server

Replaces CrashPlan

★ 100 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Eonvelope

Backup & Recovery

Email archiving software that allows you to preserve your emails

★ 7 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Sosse

Backup & Recovery

Selenium based search engine and crawler with offline archiving

★ 2 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

At a glance

App	Deploy effort	Difficulty	Min. RAM	License	★ Stars
Duplicati	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	MIT	15,084
Kopia	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	Apache-2.0	14,343
Backrest	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	GPL-3.0	7,530
pgBackRest	Under-an-hour setup	Hard	256 MB	MIT	4,438
bitmagnet	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	MIT	4,399
WAL-G	Under-an-hour setup	Hard	256 MB	Apache-2.0	4,304
Docker Volume Backup	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	64 MB	MPL-2.0	4,045
pgBackWeb	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	MIT	2,644
Open Archiver	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	AGPL-3.0	2,412
mail-archiver	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	GPL-3.0	2,204

Quick picks

Most adopted: Duplicati (15,084 GitHub stars).
Lightest footprint: Docker Volume Backup (from 64 MB RAM, against 1,024 MB for the heaviest here).
Licensing: 10 of 30 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the backup & recovery category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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