restic
Free backup program that copies your folders to an external drive or cloud storage, encrypted, and keeps a history of snapshots you can restore from.
What you can do with it
- Nightly encrypted backups to a USB drive
- Get files back after ransomware or a dead laptop
- Restore one deleted file from last week
Worth knowingCommand line only, and there's no password recovery: lose the password and the backup is gone. A drive left plugged in can be hit by ransomware too, so unplug it.
The full tutorial
01Get restic (no installer)FREE02Create your encrypted backup on the driveMEMBERS03Back up, then back up againMEMBERS04Get one file back, or the whole lotMEMBERS05Ransomware drill: wreck the files, get them backMEMBERS06Clean up, check, and make it automaticMEMBERS
Encrypted backups you can actually restore, even after ransomware or a dead laptop · ~45 min · tested 2026-10-09
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