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Back up your data safely by encrypting it

Developed with the Go language, Restic offers an open source backup program that backs up data quickly and efficiently by encrypting it. This tool, which supports different storage systems, saves storage space with the incremental backup method.

Updates

  • August 2, 2026: Stars 34,273 → 35,302, latest release v0.19.1 (July 5, 2026).

What you get

  • Provides high security by encrypting data
  • Saves storage space with incremental backup
  • Compatible with different cloud and local storage systems

Installation

macOS · Homebrew
brew install restic
Windows · winget
winget install restic.restic

Running it

Create Backup Repository
restic init --repo /path/to/repo

If you don't write code

Paste this into your AI agent (Claude Code · Codex · Antigravity)

I want to back up my data securely using Restic. How can I export a local folder or specific directory to an encrypted backup storage? Can you please explain step by step how to create the backup store and start the initial backup process so that my data is encrypted?

Repository: https://github.com/restic/restic. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.

Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.

Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.

Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.

Related dictionary terms

Backup ProgramIncremental BackupArtificial Intelligence
Who it is forIt is suitable for all users who want to back up their data quickly and efficiently by encrypting it.
LicenseBSD-2-Clause

Links

TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-06-12: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.