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Port details
backrest Web UI and orchestrator for restic backup
1.9.2_1 sysutils on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout Package not present on quarterly.This port was created during this quarter. It will be in the next quarterly branch but not the current one.
Maintainer: dtxdf@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-07-24 05:39:04
Last Update: 2025-09-04 17:53:24
Commit Hash: 31a5a22
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://garethgeorge.github.io/backrest
Description:
Backrest is a web-accessible backup solution built on top of restic. Backrest provides a WebUI which wraps the restic CLI and makes it easy to create repos, browse snapshots, and restore files. Additionally, Backrest can run in the background and take an opinionated approach to scheduling snapshots and orchestrating repo health operations.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @dir(www,www,0700) /var/db/backrest
  2. @sample /usr/local/etc/backrest/config.env.sample
  3. bin/backrest
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/backrest-1.9.2_1/catalog.mk
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/backrest-1.9.2_1/LICENSE
  6. /usr/local/share/licenses/backrest-1.9.2_1/GPLv3
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • backrest
Dependency lines:
  • backrest>0:sysutils/backrest
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/backrest/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/backrest
  • pkg install backrest
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: backrest
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1756425760 SHA256 (go/sysutils_backrest/backrest-v1.9.2/backrest-v1.9.2.frontend.tar.gz) = 4ba2eb8bd3e4e72b29d8d46449fcac8320cfdc721f997974df48fedaf8af4024 SIZE (go/sysutils_backrest/backrest-v1.9.2/backrest-v1.9.2.frontend.tar.gz) = 3923028

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SHA256 (go/sysutils_backrest/backrest-v1.9.2/v1.9.2.mod) = d54134afa60728e72c45328001a861c4b8c5252da6b8bb15c4719de6857479cc SIZE (go/sysutils_backrest/backrest-v1.9.2/v1.9.2.mod) = 3643 SHA256 (go/sysutils_backrest/backrest-v1.9.2/v1.9.2.zip) = e16fc7dc2f0f352f101f9d2cddd299752322113ad1f8b5debddf4b6066c31eda SIZE (go/sysutils_backrest/backrest-v1.9.2/v1.9.2.zip) = 819691

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Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
backrest
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.9.11.9.2_1-1.9.11.9.2_1---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly--------
FreeBSD:14:latest1.9.11.9.2_1-1.8.11.9.2_1---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly--------
FreeBSD:15:latest1.9.11.9.2_1n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. go124 : lang/go124
Runtime dependencies:
  1. restic>=0 : sysutils/restic
  2. rclone>=0 : net/rclone
Fetch dependencies:
  1. go124 : lang/go124
There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for backrest-1.9.2_1: RCLONE=on: Cloud storage support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_backrest
USES:
go:modules zip
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/local-distfiles/dtxdf/backrest/
  2. http://distcache.eu.FreeBSD.org/local-distfiles/dtxdf/backrest/
  3. http://distcache.us-east.FreeBSD.org/local-distfiles/dtxdf/backrest/
  4. http://distcache.us-west.FreeBSD.org/local-distfiles/dtxdf/backrest/
  5. https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/garethgeorge/backrest/@v/
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Number of commits found: 5

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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1.9.2_1
04 Sep 2025 17:53:24
commit hash: 31a5a229a778dc5f458cb8887954f192d846e0e3commit hash: 31a5a229a778dc5f458cb8887954f192d846e0e3commit hash: 31a5a229a778dc5f458cb8887954f192d846e0e3commit hash: 31a5a229a778dc5f458cb8887954f192d846e0e3 files touched by this commit		 Adam Weinberger (adamw) search for other commits by this committer 
many: Bump go ports for go-1.24.7
1.9.2
29 Aug 2025 18:14:18
commit hash: 833afc9d1e00ba95a76ce422416a3c944f1eecc3commit hash: 833afc9d1e00ba95a76ce422416a3c944f1eecc3commit hash: 833afc9d1e00ba95a76ce422416a3c944f1eecc3commit hash: 833afc9d1e00ba95a76ce422416a3c944f1eecc3 files touched by this commit		 Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo (dtxdf) search for other commits by this committer 
sysutils/backrest: Update to 1.9.2

ChangeLog: https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest/releases/tag/v1.9.2

Approved by:    acm (mentor)
1.9.1
08 Aug 2025 21:31:28
commit hash: e8b6346e25e48950ab4211d5b0f52de0ba723dcdcommit hash: e8b6346e25e48950ab4211d5b0f52de0ba723dcdcommit hash: e8b6346e25e48950ab4211d5b0f52de0ba723dcdcommit hash: e8b6346e25e48950ab4211d5b0f52de0ba723dcd files touched by this commit		 Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo (dtxdf) search for other commits by this committer 
sysutils/backrest: Update to 1.9.1

ChangeLog: https://github.com/garethgeorge/backrest/blob/v1.9.1/CHANGELOG.md

Approved by:    acm (mentor)
1.8.1_1
07 Aug 2025 00:02:46
commit hash: 53610681ea46b375186fc68723dcc335051ef9b4commit hash: 53610681ea46b375186fc68723dcc335051ef9b4commit hash: 53610681ea46b375186fc68723dcc335051ef9b4commit hash: 53610681ea46b375186fc68723dcc335051ef9b4 files touched by this commit		 Adam Weinberger (adamw) search for other commits by this committer 
go ports: Bump for 1.24.6
1.8.1
24 Jul 2025 05:35:14
commit hash: cbd8ef736722fdf014b7738e89903169bfdeca67commit hash: cbd8ef736722fdf014b7738e89903169bfdeca67commit hash: cbd8ef736722fdf014b7738e89903169bfdeca67commit hash: cbd8ef736722fdf014b7738e89903169bfdeca67 files touched by this commit		 Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo (dtxdf) search for other commits by this committer 
sysutils/backrest: New port: Web UI and orchestrator for restic backup

Backrest is a web-accessible backup solution built on top of restic.
Backrest provides a WebUI which wraps the restic CLI and makes it
easy to create repos, browse snapshots, and restore files. Additionally,
Backrest can run in the background and take an opinionated approach
to scheduling snapshots and orchestrating repo health operations.

Approved by:    acm (mentor)

Number of commits found: 5
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