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Restic

★ 30k

Fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups to any storage backend from one dependency-free binary.

Restic does the job of Backblaze, self-hosted. It is BSD-2-Clause-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Backblaze bills $9 for it. 30k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Backblaze.

Licence
BSD-2-Clause
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$9
GitHub stars
30k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on Backblaze yet, so this page says what Restic is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

Restic questions

Is Restic open source?

Yes — it is released under BSD-2-Clause.

Can I self-host Restic?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host.

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