Download Restic – Fast, Secure, and Encrypted Backup Program

Restic is a fast, secure, and efficient open-source backup program that protects your data with end-to-end encryption. Written in Go, it runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and other platforms, and can back up files to local disks, network drives, SFTP servers, and major cloud providers including Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, and Backblaze B2.

Every backup Restic creates is a snapshot stored as content-addressable chunks, meaning duplicate data is only stored once across all your snapshots. This deduplication, combined with compression and AES-256 encryption, makes Restic both space-efficient and highly secure. You can restore individual files or entire snapshots without decrypting the whole repository first.

Restic is operated entirely from the command line, making it ideal for scripting, automation, and integration into CI/CD pipelines and server maintenance routines. It is a favorite among developers and system administrators who need reliable, verifiable backups.

Key Features

• End-to-end AES-256 encryption ensures backups are secure at rest and in transit
• Content-based deduplication stores each unique chunk of data only once across all snapshots
• Incremental backups — only changed data is uploaded after the initial backup
• Supports local, SFTP, REST server, S3, GCS, Azure, B2, and other storage backends
• Cross-platform — runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and more
• Fast restore of individual files or complete snapshots from any point in time
• Repository integrity checking with restic check to verify backup validity

How to Install

1. Click the download button below to get the Restic binary for your operating system.
2. Place the binary in a directory on your PATH (e.g., /usr/local/bin on Linux/macOS or C:\Windows on Windows).
3. Initialize a new backup repository: restic init --repo /path/to/repo
4. Create your first backup: restic backup /path/to/data
5. List snapshots with restic snapshots and restore with restic restore latest --target /restore/path