Alternatives to restic
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. restic itself: install restic.
Restic Browser
A GUI to browse and restore restic backup repositories
shallow-backup
Git-integrated backup tool for macOS and Linux devs
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
mackup
Backup and keep your application settings in sync
buildkitd
concurrent, cache-efficient, and Dockerfile-agnostic builder toolkit
Secretive
Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave
rtl_433
Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
limine
Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager
fdupes
FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories
bpftop
bpftop provides a dynamic real-time view of running eBPF programs. It displays the average runtime, events per second, and estimated total CPU % for e
SeKey
Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication!
landrun
Run any Linux process in a secure, unprivileged sandbox using Landlock. Think firejail, but lightweight, user-friendly, and baked into the kernel
ghorg
Quickly clone or backup massive amounts of org/users repositories into one directory - Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and more 🐇🥚
matlab2tikz
This program converts MATLAB®/Octave figures to TikZ/pgfplots figures for smooth integration into LaTeX
httm
Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups!)
animdl
A highly efficient, fast, powerful and light-weight anime downloader and streamer for your favorite anime
double-conversion
Efficient binary-decimal and decimal-binary conversion routines for IEEE doubles
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than restic — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
restic is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.