Backrest vs Rclone
A side-by-side comparison of Backrest and Rclone — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Web UI and orchestrator for restic backups across local and cloud storage | Command-line program to sync files across 70+ cloud storage providers |
| Category | File Storage & Sync | File Storage & Sync |
| Replaces | Dropbox, Google Drive | Dropbox, Google Drive, Box |
| GitHub stars | 6.7k | 57k |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 10 days ago | 4 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
