[](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest) [](https://travis-ci.org/restic/restic) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/fd0/restic/branch/master) [](http://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/restic/restic) Introduction ============ restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. Detailed information can be found in [the documentation](doc/index.md) and [the user manual](doc/Manual.md). The [design document](doc/Design.md) lists the technical background and gives detailed information about the structure of the repository and the data saved therein. The file [FAQ.md](doc/FAQ.md) lists the most frequently asked questions. The latest documentation can be viewed online at <https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest>. On the bottom left corner there is a menu that allows switching to the documentation and user manual for the latest released version. Build restic ============ Install Go/Golang (at least version 1.6), then run `go run build.go`, afterwards you'll find the binary in the current directory: $ go run build.go $ ./restic --help Usage: restic [OPTIONS] <command> [...] More documentation can be found in the [user manual](doc/Manual.md). At the moment, the only tested compiler for restic is the official Go compiler. Building restic with gccgo may work, but is not supported. Contribute and Documentation ============================ Contributions are welcome! More information and a description of the development environment can be found in [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md). A document describing the design of restic and the data structures stored on the back end is contained in [`doc/Design.md`](doc/Design.md). If you'd like to start contributing to restic, but don't know exactly what do to, have a look at this great article by Dave Cheney: [Suggestions for contributing to an Open Source project](http://dave.cheney.net/2016/03/12/suggestions-for-contributing-to-an-open-source-project) A few issues have been tagged with the label `help wanted`, you can start looking at those: https://github.com/restic/restic/labels/help%20wanted Contact ======= If you discover a bug, find something surprising or if you would like to discuss or ask something, please [open a github issue](https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/new). If you would like to chat about restic, there is also the IRC channel #restic on irc.freenode.net. **Important**: If you discover something that you believe to be a possible critical security problem, please do *not* open a GitHub issue but send an email directly to alexander@bumpern.de. If possible, please encrypt your email using the following PGP key ([0x91A6868BD3F7A907](https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF8F18F2844575973F79D4E191A6868BD3F7A907)): ``` pub 4096R/91A6868BD3F7A907 2014-11-01 Key fingerprint = CF8F 18F2 8445 7597 3F79 D4E1 91A6 868B D3F7 A907 uid Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de> sub 4096R/D5FC2ACF4043FDF1 2014-11-01 ``` License ======= Restic is licensed under "BSD 2-Clause License". You can find the complete text in the file `LICENSE`.