Audience
Individuals and professionals in search of a solution to back up all their files
About restic
Restic is a modern backup program that can back up your files from Linux, BSD, Mac, and Windows to many different storage types, including self-hosted and online services. Easily, being a single executable that you can run without a server or complex setup. Effectively, only transferring the parts that actually changed in the files you back up, Securely, by careful use of cryptography in every part of the process. Verifiably, enabling you to make sure that your files can be restored when needed. Freely, restic is entirely free to use and completely open-source. Backward compatibility for backups is important so that our users are always able to restore saved data. Therefore restic follows semantic versioning to clearly define which versions are compatible. The repository and data structures contained therein are considered the “Public API” in the sense of semantic versioning.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Integrations
API:
Yes, restic offers API access
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