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20 self-hosted Backblaze alternatives

Backblaze is a cloud storage and backup provider offering S3-compatible object storage (B2) and managed computer backup for individuals and businesses, with tools for durable scalable object storage, backup/restore, versioning and archival.

Alternatives to Backblaze

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server for building private cloud storage, data lakes, and scalable storage backends for applications.

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61.4k stars7.7k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

rclone is a CLI tool to sync, copy, mount, and serve files across cloud storage providers and standard protocols like S3, WebDAV, FTP, and SFTP.

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58.7k stars5.3k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Restic is a fast, efficient backup program with encryption, deduplication, snapshots, and multiple storage backends including local, SFTP, REST, and S3-compatible stores.

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35.2k stars1.8k forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Actively maintained

SeaweedFS is a fast distributed storage system providing blob, file, and S3-compatible object storage with optional filer, replication, and erasure coding.

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33.7k stars2.9k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source backup client for encrypted, compressed, incremental backups to cloud storage and remote servers via SFTP, WebDAV, and more.

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14.8k stars1.1k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Cross-platform backup and restore tool with snapshot-based incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression, and deduplication via CLI and GUI.

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13.7k stars689 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

BorgBackup is a deduplicating backup program with authenticated encryption and compression for Unix-like systems.

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13.6k stars864 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source database backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and MongoDB with scheduling, encrypted archives, multiple storage backends, and notifications.

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7.8k stars462 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Backrest provides a web UI to manage Restic backups across multiple repositories, with scheduling, restores, and notifications.

7k stars195 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted backup automation with a modern web UI, built on restic. Schedule, monitor, and restore encrypted backups from local or remote volumes to multiple repositories.

6.8k stars169 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Cross-platform backup tool with lock-free deduplication, encryption, snapshots, and pruning, supporting local disk, SFTP, and many cloud storage backends.

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5.7k stars352 forkslast commit Slowing down

Garage is a lightweight, S3-compatible distributed object storage service built for small-to-medium self-hosted, geo-distributed deployments with strong resilience.

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4.2k stars159 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source Node.js server implementing the Amazon S3 API, enabling local S3 emulation and a unified object storage interface across multiple backends and clouds.

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1.9k stars257 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Enterprise-grade, disk-based backup server for Windows, Linux, and macOS clients using SMB, rsync, or tar over SSH, with deduplication and web-based restores.

1.6k stars203 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

A modern web UI for Borg Backup to create, schedule, monitor, and restore backups with file-level browsing, notifications, and SSH/SFTP repository support.

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1.6k stars52 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable CLI tool to back up and periodically sync Git repositories from major hosting providers to local storage.

701 stars33 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Web-based tool to schedule, run and manage backups of Git repositories with retention controls and SMB destination support.

314 stars10 forksApache-2.0last commit Slowing down

Garage is a lightweight, operator-friendly, S3-compatible distributed object storage system designed for small-to-medium self-hosted clusters across multiple sites.

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What replacing Backblaze actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 17 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, BSD-2-Clause, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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