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GitSavevsrestic-rest-server

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

GitSaverestic-rest-server
Score46/10060/100
Rank in category#8 of 15 in Backup Management#18 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars3401 532
Stars, last 30 days—+36
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest release1.4.0 · 26 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-2-Clause
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

restic-rest-server scores 60/100 against 46/100 for GitSave, so it is the safer default.

GitSave ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

restic-rest-server is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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