pgBackRest
Backup & RecoveryReliable backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL
Replaces Veeam
Best PostgreSQL Backup & Recovery for self-hosting
The 6 best PostgreSQL backup & recovery you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
WAL-G
Backup & RecoveryArchival and restoration tool for databases
Replaces pgBackRest
Barman
Backup & RecoveryBackup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL
Replaces Veeam
pgBackWeb
Backup & RecoveryWeb interface for scheduling PostgreSQL backups
Replaces AWS RDS Backups
Bareos
Backup & RecoveryBackup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced
Replaces Veeam, CommVault
pgmoneta
Backup & RecoveryBackup and restore solution for PostgreSQL
Replaces Veeam
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pgBackRest | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 256 MB | MIT | 4,438 |
| WAL-G | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 4,304 |
| Barman | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 3,259 |
| pgBackWeb | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 2,644 |
| Bareos | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 1,265 |
| pgmoneta | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 128 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 319 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: pgBackRest (4,438 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: pgmoneta (from 128 MB RAM, against 1,024 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 6 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged PostgreSQL within the backup & recovery category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.