pgxbackup: Continuity Support for pgBackRest

Post by e12e » Tue, May 05, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC

lfittl wrote: post #3

wg0 wrote: post #2

Why not hire the original author?

The original author of pgBackRest posted on LinkedIn today that he will very likely revive the project, given the interest and new sponsorship opportunities: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7457070... That said, this post predates that LinkedIn post, so I don't think it was intended to compete with the original author's own efforts, but rather to provide continuity for PGX's customers.

Tried submitting that as seperate link for discussion - I'm sure many would be relieved seeing the project live on.

Unfortunately I guess hn doesn't allow LinkedIn posts?

Post by freedomben » Tue, May 05, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC

lloydatkinson wrote: post #10

What other postgresql backup solutions does HN recommend?

Barman[1] and Wal-G[2] are the two I've seen most recommended. They do things a little differently though so not drop-in by any means.

I've just transitioned to using a full compressed/encrypted sql dump from a cron job. It's been more convenient anyway when I want to restore. But incremental backups are hard that way so if your database is big, it's not a great solution. It's also not my primary backup (I use a managed pg with point-in-time backups) just a snapshot backup, so that's worth considering as well.

[1] https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g

[2] https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/barman

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