# EnterpriseDB/barman

Barman - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL

Repository: https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/barman
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/barman
Homepage: https://www.pgbarman.org/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: postgres, backup, recovery, disaster-recovery, postgresql
Last push: 2026-08-13T09:17:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4034, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 98, "gap_med": 27, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3222, forks 267 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:49.810291+00:00)

## What it is
Barman is an open-source Python administration tool for backup and disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers, maintained by EnterpriseDB. It supports remote hot physical backups, point-in-time recovery, WAL archiving and streaming, and centralized management of backup catalogs for multiple servers.

## Use cases
- back up postgresql databases remotely
- set up disaster recovery for postgres
- perform point-in-time recovery of a postgres database
- manage a catalog of postgres backups with retention policies
- archive and compress WAL files for multiple postgres servers
- achieve zero data loss replication with synchronous WAL streaming

## When to choose
- you need centralized physical backup and PITR for one or many PostgreSQL servers
- you want retention policies, incremental backups, and WAL archiving out of the box
- you manage business-critical PostgreSQL deployments requiring disaster recovery

## When to avoid
- you only need logical dumps (pg_dump) for small databases
- you use a database other than PostgreSQL
- you want a GUI-managed backup solution rather than a CLI/INI-configured tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: backup, database, deployment
- domain: databases, self-hosted
- platform: python, cli
- tags: postgresql, disaster-recovery, pitr, wal-archiving, physical-backup, dba-tools, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- EnterpriseDB/barman (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.810291+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:44:19.310650+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/barman (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.810291+00:00, sha 953bc64649ae)
  - homepage: https://www.pgbarman.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:00.720192+00:00, sha 28030f359225)
  - site_page: https://www.pgbarman.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:00.729219+00:00, sha 43d8a4f2176b)
  - site_page: https://www.pgbarman.org/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:00.731085+00:00, sha fc2168775837)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/barman/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:00.732660+00:00, sha b4b4342568a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.