restic/rest-server

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Rest Server is a high performance HTTP server that implements restic's REST backend API.

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Dominant language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
Last GitHub push: Jul 22, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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45 open issues indexed

Correctly-verified htpasswd passwords consistently rejected (401) across bcrypt, SHA-256, MD5, and SHA-1 formats on linux/arm64 Open

state: need feedback

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

restic/rest-server#391 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Support S3 and SFTP as Repository Backends Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#390 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 14, 2026
ISO 8601 date format in logfile Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

restic/rest-server#389 · Opened Jul 29, 2026
Too Many Open Files - Causes Container (and Docker host) to Stop Functioning Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#384 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 15, 2026
Exit after configurable idle period for servers with limited RAM or are off/suspended when unused Open

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restic/rest-server#383 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 9, 2026
Please specify what max body size the server requires Open

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restic/rest-server#378 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 31, 2025
Missing WWW-Authenticate header in 401 responses Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

restic/rest-server#376 · Opened Dec 11, 2025
Publish on GHCR Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#367 · 2 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Oct 20, 2025
Unit rest-server.socket not found on Ubuntu Server 22.04 vs 24.04 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#350 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 14, 2025
Using multiple bind mounts with private repositories enabled Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

restic/rest-server#336 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 4, 2025
CPU Profile Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 38/100

restic/rest-server#333 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 11, 2025
On OpenBSD, rest-server only listens using IPv4/TCPv4 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#324 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 8, 2025
Can two rest-server processes serve the same path ? Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

restic/rest-server#312 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 30, 2024
Prometheus env question - docker (compose) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#310 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 19, 2024
Future of this project? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

restic/rest-server#309 · 5 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Nov 19, 2024
quota Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

restic/rest-server#305 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 23, 2024
Support read-only root fs and non-root user Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#303 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 15, 2024
customize log format Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

restic/rest-server#283 · Opened May 10, 2024
Build & publish docker images Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

restic/rest-server#258 · 6 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 19, 2023
Additional metric: last snapshot date/timestamp(per repository) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#256 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 4, 2023
Ensure that written data is correctly written Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

restic/rest-server#253 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 7, 2023
Prepend log with date/time Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#245 · Opened Jul 14, 2023
Base URL flag Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#237 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 7, 2023
Support X-Forwarded-For in logging when behind a proxy Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#233 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened May 11, 2023
Add unit tests for listBlobsV2 Open

help: wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#222 · Opened Apr 8, 2023
Deeper sub-levels option for extremely large repositories Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#215 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2023
add pre+post-backup commands Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

restic/rest-server#200 · 10 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 21, 2022
Retrying an upload can fail in append-only mode Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

restic/rest-server#196 · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 10, 2022
`/metrics` should also provide repository stats Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

restic/rest-server#176 · 3 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Nov 18, 2021
Don't ignore `--private-repos` when `--no-auth` is used Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#174 · 10 comments · Opened Nov 9, 2021
use s3 like backend exclude rest-server like restic client Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

restic/rest-server#165 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2021
Fill/sync restic REST server from local repository Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#150 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 6, 2021
Add a /health endpoint which does not require authentication Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

restic/rest-server#147 · 7 comments · 11 reactions · Opened Mar 28, 2021
Add a configuration file Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#139 · 4 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Jan 8, 2021
Make /metrics available without authentication or give the option for metrics-only usernames Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#116 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2020
Digest HTTP authentication Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#111 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 15, 2020
Add write-only mode Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

restic/rest-server#110 · 4 comments · 9 reactions · Opened May 6, 2020
TLS hot reload Open

type: feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#94 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Dec 16, 2019
Handle SIGHUP Open

help: wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#80 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 26, 2018
Set --append-only and --max-size per user Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

restic/rest-server#74 · 8 comments · 14 reactions · Opened Jul 21, 2018
TLS Client Authentication Open

type: feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#73 · 2 comments · 14 reactions · Opened Jun 24, 2018
SELinux Issues Open

help: wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#71 · 2 comments · Opened May 30, 2018
Support LDAP Authentication Open

type: feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#70 · 9 comments · 5 reactions · Opened May 10, 2018
Build separate binaries for various arm & mips architectures Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

restic/rest-server#47 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2018
rest-server log POST request size is zero Open

state: need feedback type: feature enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

restic/rest-server#45 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 5, 2018

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