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Pluton — manage Restic and Rclone backups through a self-hosted UI

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Stars
788
Primary language
TypeScript
License
Apache-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 9, 2026

Overview

Pluton is a self-hosted backup management platform that combines Restic for encrypted incremental backups with Rclone for broad storage connectivity, adding scheduling, retention, replication, restore, notifications, and retry management.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Automate encrypted incremental backups and retention

Restic creates encrypted snapshots while schedules and retention policies are managed through the Pluton UI.

Sources: [2][3]

Replicate backups across many providers for 3-2-1 strategies

Rclone connectivity to 70+ storage services enables replicated backup copies across local and cloud destinations.

Sources: [2][3]

For teams that want to manage Restic and Rclone without relying only on CLI workflows

It fits home servers and small infrastructure where jobs, logs, alerts, and restores should be visible in one interface.

Sources: [2]

Protect encryption keys and test restores as part of the backup plan

Backups are only useful if their keys and configuration survive and restoration is proven. Include Pluton configuration protection and regular restore tests.

Sources: [2][3]

Official sources

  1. [1]plutonhq/pluton repository(2026-09-20)
  2. [2]Pluton README(2026-09-20)
  3. [3]Pluton documentation(2026-09-20)
  4. [4]Pluton Apache-2.0 license(2026-09-20)
Supplemental curator note

Pluton wraps Restic snapshots and Rclone storage connectivity in a web UI and scheduler. A sound deployment should also protect Pluton's own configuration and encryption keys and regularly test that restores actually work.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/plutonhq/pluton.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd pluton
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • 3-2-1-backup
  • backup
  • restic
  • self-hosted
Stars
788
Forks
31
Watchers
4
Open issues
5
Contributors
2
Primary language
TypeScript
License
Apache-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 9, 2026
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