winget install --id garethgeorge.BackrestAbout Backrest
Backrest installer
What's new in 1.13.0
1.13.0 (2026-05-04) Features - apply multihost sync refinements found in validation pass (5053371) - experimental multihost sync (#1204) (b98b1dc) - macOS and linux tray binaries (#1163) (87d7623) Bug Fixes - Alpine Docker images for arm/v6 and arm/v7 architectures (#1165) (4ebc22b) - always allow CORS OPTIONS requests even behind authenticated endpoints (#1194) (12008e5) - config migration bug w.r.t. multihost sync (75cbd68) - improve install.sh on macOS and linux (cd6c5ed) - improve vite bundle splitting to avoid large bundles (a922d0a) - minor windows installer fixes (5b83453) - optimize backrest ui performance (#1195) (8e9470c) - post PQ safe transport for syncapi (#1216) (aed0073) - refine backrest SFTP UI (#1193) (88f0fbc) - refine config validation policies (b7e9448) - RESTIC_PASSWORD env shold not take precedent over repo passwords (#1192) (27e1d18) - show repo URI in sidebar tooltip instead of repo ID (#1209) (7e064a2) - wrong order of parameters in task name (#1168) (b3edd06)
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.13.0 | Unknown | 1.13.0 (2026-05-04) Features - apply multihost sync refinements found in validation pass (5053371) - experimental multihost sync (#1204) (b98b1dc) - macOS and linux tray binaries (#1163) (87d7623) Bug Fixes - Alpine Dock... |
| 1.12.1 | Unknown | 1.12.1 (2026-03-11) Features - add new translation strings and expand Japanese language translations (#1120) (7f050d2) Bug Fixes - allow --stdin-from-command flag to be used (c603f00) - condition snapshot start hook may... |
| 1.12.0 | Unknown | 1.12.0 (2026-02-22) Happy to announce 1.12.0 -- in particular I'd like to highlight simplified SFTP management. Backrest can now instantiate SSH keypairs for you (stored alongside your config.json) and can automate the p... |
| 1.11.2 | Unknown | 1.11.2 (2026-01-27) Happy to announce the 1.11.2 bug patch release, this includes a number of fixes which polish up Backrest's UI rewrite onto the Chakra framework. This release includes significant polishing work on the... |
| 1.11.1 | Unknown | 1.11.1 (2026-01-16) Bug Fixes - Revert "fix: use .dotlk build tag for github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 to expand platform compatibility" (85b52f0) |
| 1.10.1 | Unknown | 1.10.1 (2025-10-31) Bug Fixes - database migration fails for some users due to legacy repo_guids (3a58090) - set --windows-tray=true by default (5b3d23b) |
| 1.10.0 | Unknown | 1.10.0 (2025-10-31) Excited to announce a fairly unspooky 👻 October release of Backrest including a slate of bug fixes, some performance improvements, and new quality of life features. Particularly, support for new teleg... |
| 1.9.2 | Unknown | 1.9.2 (2025-08-28) Bug Fixes - 'items' shows the total number of flows under the parent node rather than immediate decendents (16e6ede) - auto expand parents of pending and in-progress operations in tree view (3d97894) -... |
| 1.9.1 | Unknown | 1.9.1 (2025-08-06) Bug patch release for 1.9.0 which fixes an issue that prevented new backrest users from being able to setup initial configuration e.g. instance ID for their installs. Bug Fixes - new backrest installs... |
| 1.9.0 | Unknown | 1.9.0 (2025-08-04) Features - add arg forwarding to backrestmon (f52275b) - add arg forwarding to docker-entrypoint (42054f4) - add support for block kit slack body (#774) (9a4e0c5) - allow repo url to be set from env wi... |
| 1.8.1 | Unknown | 1.8.1 (2025-05-06) Bug Fixes - --keep-last n param to mitigate loss of sub-hourly snapshots (#741) (18354c8) - batch sqlite store IO to better handle large deletes in migrations (d7c57a8) - correct bug in stats panel dat... |
| 1.8.0 | Unknown | 1.8.0 (2025-04-02) Bug Fixes - deduplicate indexed snapshots (#716) (b3b1eef) - glob escape some linux filename characters (#721) (190b3bf) - restic outputs add newline separators between log messages (addf49c) - update... |
| 1.7.3 | Unknown | 1.7.3 (2025-03-15) Bug Fixes - add missing hooks for CONDITION_FORGET_{START, SUCCESS, ERROR} (489c6f5) - add priority fields to gotify notifications (#678) (ec95c4a) - hook errors should be shown as warnings in tree vie... |
| 1.7.2 | Unknown | No notes |