# Restic Fast Encrypted Backup Program

> Restic is a fast, secure, and efficient backup program supporting local, SFTP, S3, Azure, GCS, and many other storage backends. Written in Go with 32k+ GitHub stars, it features deduplication, encryption, and snapshot-based incremental backups.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/restic-fast-encrypted-backup-program` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/restic-fast-encrypted-backup-program`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/restic-fast-encrypted-backup-program/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/restic-fast-encrypted-backup-program

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# Restic Fast Encrypted Backup Program

Restic is a fast, secure, and efficient backup program supporting local, SFTP, S3, Azure, GCS, and many other storage backends. Written in Go It features deduplication, encryption, and snapshot-based incremental backups.

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- For detailed usage and installation instructions check out the [documentation](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest).
- Once you've [installed](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/020_installation.html) restic, start
- off with creating a repository for your backups:

- Source: https://github.com/restic/restic
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/restic/restic/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/restic-encrypted-backup-tool/)