PgBackRest on Percona Community

Open source doesn’t die. It gets unfunded.

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

If you are using PostgreSQL in any capacity very likely this week has started for you with a bang. pgBackRest, one of the most known tools for PostgreSQL, praised for the scalable and reliable way to do backups has announced that the project is currently archived.

Archived, you mean EOL?

No! Open source software rarely has a hard “end of life.” What it does have are maintainership gaps and those can be just as serious.

pgBackRest is archived, what now?

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

pgBackRest is an open source backup and restore tool for PostgreSQL. It’s fair to say it’s one of the most popular options, widely used across the PostgreSQL ecosystem.

On 27 April 2026, pgBackRest maintainer David Steele announced on LinkedIn and in the GitHub repository that the project is becoming ~~unmaintained~~ archived, starting with:

TL;DR: pgBackRest is no longer being maintained. If you fork pgBackRest, please select a new name for your project.