What does restic replace?

restic is a free alternative to Backblaze Personal Backup ($99/yr).

Is restic open source?

Yes. restic is licensed under BSD-2-Clause, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Yes (Arch extra: restic). Install with: sudo pacman -S restic.

There's nothing to host: restic is a command-line tool that runs on your own machine.

A free, open-source alternative to Backblaze Personal Backup. Switching saves $99/yr at list price.

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Command line

Open source · BSD-2-Clause Linux Arch/AUR

restic/restic36.5k★last push Oct 11, 2026checked Oct 17, 2026

Install

$ sudo pacman -S restic

What does restic replace?: restic is a free alternative to Backblaze Personal Backup ($99/yr).
Is restic open source?: Yes. restic is licensed under BSD-2-Clause, an OSI-approved open-source license.
Does restic run on Linux?: Yes (Arch extra: restic). Install with: sudo pacman -S restic.
Can you self-host restic?: There's nothing to host: restic is a command-line tool that runs on your own machine.