Command-line tool

restic

brew/restic

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Fast, efficient and secure backup program go backup deduplication restic dedupe secure-by-default

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id restic.restic -e
scoop install restic

macOS

brew install restic

Linux

brew install restic

Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory

restic init -r path/to/repository

Back up a directory to the repository

restic -r path/to/repository backup path/to/directory

Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository

restic -r path/to/repository snapshots

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