BackupPC vs Restic
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 BackupPC with
choose an app… Rclone Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy CKAN Timeshift Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Rustic Back In Time Vorta btrbk Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic Restic Browser rdiff-backup ElkarBackup alt Snapper Bupstash ZnapZend Deja Dup Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Duplicity Minarca Backup Rdiffweb Kup Minarca BackupNinja HashBackup
Compare Restic with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest 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 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 Deja Dup 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
Feature BackupPC Restic Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License GPL-3.0 BSD-2-Clause Language Perl Go Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 256 MB Deployment bare-metal, docker binary, docker GitHub stars ★ 1,621 ★ 35,412 First released 2001 2015 Replaces CrashPlan, Time Machine Backblaze, Carbonite
Why pick each one
Choose BackupPC if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (1.6k GitHub stars) Written in Perl BackupPC details Choose Restic if… Strong encryption Efficient deduplication Wide backend support Restic details
Frequently asked questions Is BackupPC or Restic better? Restic is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider BackupPC if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are BackupPC and Restic free and open-source? Yes. BackupPC is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Restic under BSD-2-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run BackupPC and Restic with Docker? BackupPC: yes. Restic: yes.