BackupSheep
The facts below are what the maker publishes about BackupSheep, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From BackupSheep's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Free | GNU GPLv3 · beta · self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from BackupSheep's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Applications
- It supports WordPress and Basecamp, with Basecamp connecting through 37signals OAuth.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- web,api,self_hostedchecked 19 Sep 2026
What it does
- Backup methods
- It uses incremental file archives, native database dumps, and provider-native snapshots, depending on the source.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- mixedchecked 19 Sep 2026
- Cloud providers
- The site lists AWS, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, UpCloud, Oracle, Google Cloud, and OVH for provider-native snapshots.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Database support
- It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB backups using native clients, with direct or SSH-tunnelled connections.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File backups
- After the initial mirror, only new and changed files are transferred, and each run creates a standalone zip archive.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Operations
- It supports scheduled runs, retention, email, Slack, and Telegram notifications, team permissions, activity history, and REST API automation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- BackupSheep is an open-source control plane for backing up websites, databases, servers, volumes, and cloud infrastructure.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The installation page recommends a fresh Ubuntu 22.04+ or Debian 12+ server and a Docker Compose deployment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- mixedchecked 19 Sep 2026
- Restore workflows
- Files and databases can be restored from the console; cloud servers and volumes use the provider’s native recovery workflow.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The product page says secrets are encrypted at rest and redacted from backup and restore logs; Amazon S3 destinations can use Object Lock retention.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security policy
- The project security policy says security fixes target the latest main branch and operators are responsible for hardening self-hosted deployments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The available edition is self-hosted beta software licensed under GNU GPLv3, and the site says a hosted version is not currently available.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Server backup
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Storage destinations
- The site lists 26 destinations, including S3-compatible storage, cloud drives, local storage, and NFS paths.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
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