Backrest
A web UI and orchestrator for restic backup, providing scheduled backups, snapshot management, and file restoration.
What is Backrest?
Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. It provides a graphical interface to manage restic repositories, schedule automated backups, perform maintenance tasks like pruning and checking, and restore files from snapshots. It solves the complexity of using the restic CLI directly by offering an intuitive dashboard and automation.
System administrators, homelab enthusiasts, and developers who need a reliable, self-hosted backup solution with a web interface. It's particularly useful for those managing backups on NAS devices or across multiple platforms.
Developers choose Backrest because it combines the powerful, proven backup engine of restic with an easy-to-use web interface and automated scheduling. It reduces the operational overhead of manual CLI management while maintaining compatibility with all restic storage backends.
Overview
Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup.
Use Cases
Best For
- Managing restic backups through a web interface instead of the CLI
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