garethgeorge/backrest

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Backrest is a self-hosted web UI and orchestrator built on top of the restic backup tool, distributed as a single Go binary. It wraps the restic CLI to let users create repositories, schedule cron-based backups and maintenance (prune, forget, check), browse snapshots, and restore files through a browser interface.

Use cases

• schedule automated restic backups with a web interface
• browse and restore files from backup snapshots
• manage prune and forget maintenance for restic repos
• import and manage an existing restic repository
• run backups on a NAS with remote web access
• get Discord or Slack notifications when backups fail
• back up to S3, B2, or rclone remotes

When to choose

• you use restic but want a GUI instead of memorizing CLI commands
• you need cron-scheduled backups with automatic repo health operations on a server or NAS
• you want a single lightweight binary with restic as the only dependency
• you need cross-platform backup management (Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Docker)

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured backup solution with its own deduplication engine rather than a restic frontend
• you only want a headless CLI backup scheduler with no web interface
• you require backup of live databases with application-consistent snapshots beyond simple pre/post hooks

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backup scheduling web-framework self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted files windows self-hosted cross-platform restic backup-orchestrator webui snapshot-management nas notifications cron-scheduling devops automation linux macos docker web-server

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