# rustic-rs/rustic

rustic - fast, encrypted, and deduplicated backups powered by Rust

Repository: https://github.com/rustic-rs/rustic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rustic
Homepage: https://rustic.cli.rs
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: backup, deduplication, encryption, rust, restic, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-18T05:43:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1633, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 35.0, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3192, forks 141 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.156651+00:00)

## What it is
rustic is a fast, encrypted, deduplicated backup tool written in Rust that reads and writes the restic repository format, making it a drop-in-compatible restic alternative. It is split into a main CLI binary plus core and backend library crates, and supports all major operating systems.

## Use cases
- back up my files with encryption and deduplication
- restic alternative written in Rust
- create encrypted snapshots of a directory
- verify backups made with restic using a compatible tool
- schedule automated deduplicated backups on Linux and Windows
- back up to local disk or remote backend repositories

## When to choose
- you want restic-compatible repositories with faster development and new features
- you need a cross-platform backup CLI in a single static Rust binary
- you want to interoperate with restic, e.g. verify backups with either tool

## When to avoid
- you need battle-tested production backups today - the project states its tools are in beta and lack regression tests
- you prefer the older, more mature restic ecosystem and tooling
- you need a GUI-based backup solution

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: backup, cryptography, compression, cli, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, files, security, self-hosted
- platform: windows, bsd, rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: restic-compatible, deduplication, encrypted-backups, snapshot-management, rust, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- rustic-rs/rustic (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.156651+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 2026-08-30T07:24:56.098780+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rustic-rs/rustic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.156651+00:00, sha 7cac3b8d94fc)
  - homepage: https://rustic.cli.rs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:43.114247+00:00, sha 79e8953990ea)
  - site_page: https://rustic.cli.rs/docs/contributing-to-rustic.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:43.123068+00:00, sha dc646406982f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.