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Mesheryvsrestic-rest-server

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

Mesheryrestic-rest-server
Score73/10060/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#18 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars12 0721 531
Stars, last 30 days+51+35
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-2-Clause
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Meshery scores 73/100 against 60/100 for restic-rest-server, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

If you want the quickest setup, restic-rest-server is easier to run; Meshery needs more configuration.

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