Backrest vs Deja Dup
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted backup & recovery options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Backrest with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Duplicacy CKAN pgBackRest bitmagnet Timeshift WAL-G Docker Volume Backup Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Barman mydumper Rustic Back In Time pgBackWeb SnapRAID Vorta Open Archiver Wayback btrbk mail-archiver Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic BackupPC MySQL backup XtraBackup Restic REST Server Gickup Stash by AppsCode Restic alt MiniBackup Restic Browser rdiff-backup Bareos ElkarBackup alt Snapper zrepl K8up Ganymede Bupstash UrBackup Kanister linux-timemachine ZFS Autobackup MySQL Backup Container Restic Cron ZnapZend Restic Mailer BorgWarehouse Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Knoxite ArchivesSpace ElkarBackup Collective Access - Providence Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Duplicity Conserve Backup Backblaze alt nono Nxs-backup Amanda Tarsnap GUI Minarca Backup DAR Obnam2 Rdiffweb Restic Exporter Kup Minarca BackupNinja Time Machine Eonvelope Yuno Archive Custom Backup Sosse HashBackup
Compare Deja Dup with
choose an app… Rclone Restic Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Duplicacy CKAN Timeshift Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Rustic Back In Time Vorta btrbk Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic BackupPC Restic alt MiniBackup Restic Browser rdiff-backup ElkarBackup alt Snapper Bupstash Restic Cron ZnapZend Restic Mailer Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Knoxite Duplicity Conserve Backup Tarsnap GUI Obnam2 Kup
Feature Backrest Deja Dup Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License GPL-3.0 GPL-3.0 Language TypeScript Vala Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary binary GitHub stars ★ 7,071 ★ 600 First released 2024 2008 Replaces Backblaze Time Machine, Backblaze
Why pick each one
Choose Backrest if… Makes Restic approachable Good scheduling Lightweight Backrest details Choose Deja Dup if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Written in Vala Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM Deja Dup details
Frequently asked questions Is Backrest or Deja Dup better? Neither is universally better. Backrest has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Backrest and Deja Dup free and open-source? Yes. Backrest is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Deja Dup under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Backrest and Deja Dup with Docker? Backrest: yes. Deja Dup: check the project docs for container support.