btrbk 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 btrbk with
choose an app… Rclone Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy CKAN Timeshift Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Back In Time Vorta BackupPC Restic Browser rdiff-backup ElkarBackup alt Snapper ZnapZend Deja Dup Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Kup
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 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 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 btrbk Restic Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License GPL-3.0 BSD-2-Clause Language Perl Go Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 64 MB 256 MB Deployment bare-metal, binary binary, docker GitHub stars ★ 2,125 ★ 35,412 First released 2014 2015 Replaces Time Machine Backblaze, Carbonite
Why pick each one
Choose btrbk if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Active community (2.1k GitHub stars) Written in Perl Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM btrbk details Choose Restic if… Strong encryption Efficient deduplication Wide backend support Restic details
Frequently asked questions Is btrbk or Restic better? Neither is universally better. Restic has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are btrbk and Restic free and open-source? Yes. btrbk is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Restic under BSD-2-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run btrbk and Restic with Docker? btrbk: check the project docs for container support. Restic: yes.