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Show HN: PostgreSQL backup tool Databasus moved to PG 17 native physical backups

Posted by rostislav_dugin on Thursday June 25, 2026 @08:22AM
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A quick recap: Databasus is a PostgreSQL backup tool with a focus on Point-in-time-recovery and backup verification. It has web UI, many storages (S3, FTP, Google Drive, etc.) and notifications about success\failure (to Slack, Telegram, email, etc.).The first version of physical backups was built over a backup agent. Users needed to install an agent (Go binary) on the host with a database, then...

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Re:Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained on Saturday May 02, 2026 @09:39AM (#47986316)

I am proud of course, because a huge amount of time and effort invested in this :)

However, it's really sad that pgBackRest has been closed, because I was led by pgBackRest in some sense when started Databasus

Re:Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained on Saturday May 02, 2026 @09:37AM (#47986302)

Databasus does support PITR

Show HN: Databasus v3.16.0 – new release of self-hosted PostgreSQL backup tool

Posted by rostislav_dugin on Sunday February 22, 2026 @07:02AM
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https://github.com/databasus/databasus

Hi!I want to share the latest important updates for my open source tool for scheduled database backups (with focus on PostgreSQL).A quick recap:- Supported databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB- Many storage destinations: local storage, S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, SFTP, rclone and more- Notifications: Slack, Discord, Telegram, email, webhookGitHub -...

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Re:Show HN: Databasus – open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL ... on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:34AM (#46418937)

No, it's logical backup (at least, by the time): PITR are complicated in setting up and recovering.

Re:Show HN: Databasus – open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL ... on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:33AM (#46418936)

Yes

To restore database - it should be empty (otherwise conflicts are possible)

Technically, you can try to restore to filled DB. But don't think it makes sense to try

Re:Show HN: Databasus – open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL ... on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:05PM (#46412491)

Databasus and WAL-G have completely different architectures. WAL-G is installed on the server with DB. Databasus connects to the database remotely.

WAL-G is about PITR backups, Databasus is about logical ones.

From one side, Databasus usually is slower when database is large.

From another side, it's much easier to use (especially when you have a lot of DBs).

In the future, I am considering implementing incremental backups and following a similar approach as WAL-G or pgBackRest do. But it will be one of options, not mandatory one

Show HN: Databasus – open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB

Posted by rostislav_dugin on Sunday December 28, 2025 @07:38AM
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https://databasus.com

I had a post in the start of December about Postgresus 2.0: self hosted tool for PostgreSQL. Since then the project changed the name and added support of other databases: MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB.Website - https://databasus.comGitHub - https://github.com/databasus/databasusMain features:- Scheduled backups for multiple PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB databases- Storage to S3,...

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Show HN: Postgresus 2.0 – self-hosted PostgreSQL backup tool

Posted by rostislav_dugin on Thursday December 11, 2025 @08:13AM
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https://postgresus.com

I built Postgresus - an open source self-hosted PostgreSQL backup tool with a web UI, and have just released v2.0Website - https://postgresus.comGitHub - https://github.com/RostislavDugin/postgresusMain features:- Scheduled backups for multiple PostgreSQL databases- Storage to S3, Cloudflare R2, Google Drive, Azure Blob, NAS, etc.- Notifications about backup status via email, Telegram, Slack,...

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Show HN: Log Bull – a simple log collection system for developers (Docker-based)

Posted by rostislav_dugin on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @04:33AM
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https://github.com/logbull/logbull

I built Log Bull because ELK/Loki/Graylog felt heavy for small services and side projects. I wanted something you can deploy fast, point your app at a single HTTP endpoint, and immediately search logs in a clean UI.What it is: minimal log collection system + search UI focused on developer ergonomics. There are libraries for Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, C#, PHP.Usage examples and playground are...

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