Backrest

Overview

Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. - garethgeorge/backrest The project has 6K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under GPL-3.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

• Web Interface: Access locally or remotely (perfect for NAS deployments)
• Multi-Platform Support:
• Docker
• Backup Management:
• Import existing restic repositories
• Cron-scheduled backups and maintenance (e.g. prune, check, forget, etc)
• Browse and restore files from snapshots
• Configurable notifications (Discord, Slack, Shoutrrr, Gotify, Healthchecks)
• Pre/post backup command hooks to execute shell scripts
• Storage Options:

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

Backrest is packaged as a single executable. It can be run directly on Linux, macOS, and Windows. restic will be downloaded and installed on first run.

Once installed, access Backrest at http://localhost:9898 (default port). First-time setup will prompt for username and password creation.

[!NOTE] To change the default port, set the BACKREST_PORT environment variable (e.g., BACKREST_PORT=0.0.0.0:9898 to listen on all interfaces)

Backrest will use your system’s installed version o

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

apt, backup restore, brew, discord integration, docker, docker compose, npm, ntfy, plugins, scheduled tasks, slack integration.