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Redisvsrestic-rest-server

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

Redisrestic-rest-server
Score86/10060/100
Rank in category#1 of 38 in Databases#18 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars77 1461 531
Stars, last 30 days+692+35
Stable releases, 12 months360
Latest release8.10.3 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherBSD-2-Clause
Main languageCGo

Which one should you pick?

Redis scores 86/100 against 60/100 for restic-rest-server, so it is the safer default.

Redis ships more often: 36 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; Redis needs more configuration.

Redis is growing faster right now (+692 stars in 30 days).

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