pghoard VS Barman

Compare pghoard vs Barman and see what are their differences.

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pghoard Barman
2 1
1,279 1,836
0.9% 2.2%
6.2 8.6
6 days ago 2 days ago
Python Python
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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pghoard

Posts with mentions or reviews of pghoard. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-22.
  • Future PostgreSQL: improvement to the replication protocol
    1 project | dev.to | 13 Jan 2022
    This story starts with our own PgHoard, a PITR backup tool for PostgreSQL. PgHoard offers several methods to archive the WAL (Write Ahead Log), including pg_receivewal, a small application shipping with PostgreSQL which connects to a PostgreSQL cluster using the physical replication protocol to stream WAL as they are produced, optionally keeping track of the position on the server using a replication slot.
  • Backup PostgreSQL
    2 projects | /r/PostgreSQL | 22 Nov 2021

Barman

Posts with mentions or reviews of Barman. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pghoard and Barman you can also consider the following projects:

pgBackRest - Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore

Butterfly-Backup - Butterfly Backup is a simple command line wrapper of rsync for complex task, written in python.

Bareos - Bareos is a cross-network Open Source backup solution (licensed under AGPLv3) which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems.

postgres-gcs-backup - Simple Docker image to backup a Postgres db, to a GCS bucket

BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

wal-e - Continuous Archiving for Postgres

restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program

gmvault - gmail backup software

Lsyncd - Lsyncd (Live Syncing Daemon) synchronizes local directories with remote targets

backy2 - backy2: Deduplicating block based backup software for ceph/rbd, image files and devices