Databasus vs Kopia
Databasus and Kopia are both backup software. Databasus is open source under Apache-2.0, with 9.2k GitHub stars. Kopia is open source under Apache-2.0, with 15k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Databasus when
- You run your own PostgreSQL databases and want scheduled backups and PITR managed from a UI rather than hand-built scripts.
- Pick Kopia when
- You want restic-style backups with a GUI and built-in scheduling, for desktops or small servers.
Side by side
A self-hosted web tool that schedules PostgreSQL backups, physical, incremental, WAL streaming and logical, to S3, Google Drive or FTP, with point-in-time recovery and restore checks.
A backup tool for Windows, macOS and Linux with encrypted, compressed, deduplicated snapshots to local or cloud storage, with both a CLI and a desktop GUI.
Created in 2025 with a very fast release pace, so it has less of a track record than pgBackRest or Barman.
Still pre-1.0 in version numbering, and its repository format is specific to Kopia.
Usable
Production-ready
Self-hosted server
Desktop app, command line and self-hosted server
Go, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Docker
Go, React and Electron
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive) (both)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
9.2k GitHub stars
15k GitHub stars
Young: started 17 months ago, latest release v3.64.0.
Established: started 11 years ago, latest release v0.23.1.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.