restic/rest-server

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1488 stars · 178 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A high-performance HTTP server written in Go that implements restic's REST backend API, allowing the restic backup client to store backups remotely via rest: URLs. It supports authentication via htpasswd files, append-only mode, private repositories, and Prometheus metrics.

Use cases

• self-host a remote backup server for restic
• serve restic repositories over HTTP
• set up append-only backup storage to protect against ransomware
• give multiple users private restic repositories on one server
• expose prometheus metrics for backup server monitoring
• limit repository disk usage with a max size quota

When to choose

• you use restic and want a dedicated, efficient remote repository server instead of generic SFTP or S3
• you need append-only storage semantics for backup immutability
• you want lightweight self-hosted backup infrastructure with per-user access control

When to avoid

• you back up to cloud object storage like S3 or B2 directly, which restic already supports
• you need a general-purpose file server rather than a restic-specific backend
• you use a different backup tool that doesn't speak restic's REST backend API

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http-server backup auth monitoring self-hosted developer-tools security windows go self-hosted cli restic backup-server rest-api append-only htpasswd prometheus-metrics backup linux macos

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