Restic – Encrypted Backup Tool
SkillFiles & storageFast and secure file backups with Restic
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Then ask your AI: use the Restic skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by bidewio/better-openclaw in skills/restic-backup/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Restic is a fast, secure, and efficient backup program supporting multiple storage backends with built-in encryption and deduplication.
- GitHub: github.com/restic/restic (28 000+ ⭐)
- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Security: AES-256 encryption. Data integrity verification. No malware.
Environment Variables
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
{{RESTIC_REPOSITORY}} | Backup repository location (local, S3, SFTP, etc.) |
{{RESTIC_PASSWORD}} | Repository encryption password |
Usage Examples
Initialise a repository
restic init --repo {{RESTIC_REPOSITORY}}
Create a backup
restic backup --repo {{RESTIC_REPOSITORY}} /data/important
List snapshots
restic snapshots --repo {{RESTIC_REPOSITORY}}
Restore from backup
restic restore latest --repo {{RESTIC_REPOSITORY}} --target /restore
AI Agent Tips
- All data is encrypted and deduplicated automatically.
- Supports S3, GCS, Azure, SFTP, REST, and local backends.
- Incremental backups are fast — only changed blocks are stored.
- Use
restic checkto verify repository integrity regularly.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 58
- Forks
- 6
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
restic-backup- Source
- github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw
github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw