Backrest vs MinIO
A side-by-side comparison of Backrest and MinIO — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Web UI and orchestrator for restic backups across local and cloud storage | High-performance S3-compatible object storage (now archived/commercialized) |
| Category | File Storage & Sync | File Storage & Sync |
| Replaces | Dropbox, Google Drive | Dropbox, Google Drive, Box |
| GitHub stars | 6.7k | 61k |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 10 days ago | 1 month ago |
| View repo | View repo |
