Obnam2 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 Obnam2 with
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Compare Restic with
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Feature Obnam2 Restic Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License AGPL-3.0 BSD-2-Clause Language Rust Go Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 256 MB Deployment binary, bare-metal binary, docker GitHub stars ★ 200 ★ 35,412 First released 2020 2015 Replaces Backblaze Backblaze, Carbonite
Why pick each one
Choose Obnam2 if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license Written in Rust Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM Obnam2 details Choose Restic if… Strong encryption Efficient deduplication Wide backend support Restic details
Frequently asked questions Is Obnam2 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 Obnam2 and Restic free and open-source? Yes. Obnam2 is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Restic under BSD-2-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Obnam2 and Restic with Docker? Obnam2: check the project docs for container support. Restic: yes.