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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/restic/restic)
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# Introduction
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restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. It supports the three major operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows) and a few smaller ones (FreeBSD, OpenBSD).
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For detailed usage and installation instructions check out the [documentation](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest).
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You can ask questions in our [Discourse forum](https://forum.restic.net).
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## Quick start
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Once you've [installed](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/020_installation.html) restic, start
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off with creating a repository for your backups:
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$ restic init --repo /tmp/backup
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enter password for new backend:
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enter password again:
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created restic backend 085b3c76b9 at /tmp/backup
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Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access the repository.
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Losing your password means that your data is irrecoverably lost.
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and add some data:
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$ restic --repo /tmp/backup backup ~/work
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enter password for repository:
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scan [/home/user/work]
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scanned 764 directories, 1816 files in 0:00
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[0:29] 100.00% 54.732 MiB/s 1.582 GiB / 1.582 GiB 2580 / 2580 items 0 errors ETA 0:00
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duration: 0:29, 54.47MiB/s
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snapshot 40dc1520 saved
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Next you can either use `restic restore` to restore files or use `restic
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mount` to mount the repository via fuse and browse the files from previous
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snapshots.
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For more options check out the [online documentation](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
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# Backends
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Saving a backup on the same machine is nice but not a real backup strategy.
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Therefore, restic supports the following backends for storing backups natively:
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- [Local directory](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#local)
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- [sftp server (via SSH)](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#sftp)
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- [HTTP REST server](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#rest-server) ([protocol](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/100_references.html#rest-backend), [rest-server](https://github.com/restic/rest-server))
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- [Amazon S3](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#amazon-s3) (either from Amazon or using the [Minio](https://minio.io) server)
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- [OpenStack Swift](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#openstack-swift)
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- [BackBlaze B2](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#backblaze-b2)
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- [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#microsoft-azure-blob-storage)
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- [Google Cloud Storage](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#google-cloud-storage)
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- And many other services via the [rclone](https://rclone.org) [Backend](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#other-services-via-rclone)
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# Design Principles
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Restic is a program that does backups right and was designed with the
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following principles in mind:
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- **Easy**: Doing backups should be a frictionless process, otherwise
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you might be tempted to skip it. Restic should be easy to configure
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and use, so that, in the event of a data loss, you can just restore
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it. Likewise, restoring data should not be complicated.
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- **Fast**: Backing up your data with restic should only be limited by
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your network or hard disk bandwidth so that you can backup your files
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every day. Nobody does backups if it takes too much time. Restoring
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backups should only transfer data that is needed for the files that
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are to be restored, so that this process is also fast.
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- **Verifiable**: Much more important than backup is restore, so restic
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enables you to easily verify that all data can be restored.
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- **Secure**: Restic uses cryptography to guarantee confidentiality and
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integrity of your data. The location the backup data is stored is
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assumed not to be a trusted environment (e.g. a shared space where
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others like system administrators are able to access your backups).
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Restic is built to secure your data against such attackers.
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- **Efficient**: With the growth of data, additional snapshots should
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only take the storage of the actual increment. Even more, duplicate
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data should be de-duplicated before it is actually written to the
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storage back end to save precious backup space.
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# Reproducible Builds
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The binaries released with each restic version starting at 0.6.1 are
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[reproducible](https://reproducible-builds.org/), which means that you can
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reproduce a byte identical version from the source code for that
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release. Instructions on how to do that are contained in the
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[builder repository](https://github.com/restic/builder).
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## News
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You can follow the restic project on Mastodon [@resticbackup](https://fosstodon.org/@restic) or subscribe to
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the [project blog](https://restic.net/blog/).
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## License
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Restic is licensed under [BSD 2-Clause License](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause). You can find the
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complete text in [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).
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## Sponsorship
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Backend integration tests for Google Cloud Storage and Microsoft Azure Blob
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Storage are sponsored by [AppsCode](https://appscode.com)!
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[](https://appscode.com)
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