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24 alternatives to Databasus – open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB

I had a post in the start of December about Postgresus 2.0: self hosted tool for PostgreSQL. Since then the project changed the name and added support of other databases: MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB. Website - https://databasus.com GitHub - https://github.com/databasus/databasus Main features: - Scheduled backups for multiple PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB databases - Storage to S3, Cloudflare R2, Google Drive, Azure Blob, NAS, SFTP, rclone, etc. - Notifications about backup status via email, Telegram, Slack, Discord, MS Teams and customizable webhooks -…

Databasus is an open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB. It runs as a self-hosted Docker container or Kubernetes deployment and handles scheduled backups with storage to multiple… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Postgresus▲35

   Open source PostgreSQL backup tool

   Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

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   Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407

   Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

   2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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   Serverless Postgres▲159

   This is a MVP for Serverless Postgres. 1/ It uses Fly.io[0], which can automatically pause your database after all connections are released (and start it again when new connections join). 2/ It uses Oriole[1], a Postgres extension with experimental support for S3 / Decoupled Storage[2]. 3/ It uses Tigris[3], Globally Distributed S3-Compatible Object Storage. Oriole will automatically backup the data to Tigris using background workers. I wouldn't recommend using this in production, but I think it's in a good spot to provoke some discussion and ideas. You can get it running…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   DriftDB – an open source WebSocket backend for real-time apps▲367

   Hey HN! I’ve written a bunch of WebSocket servers over the years to do simple things like state synchronization, WebRTC signaling, and notifying a client when a backend job was run. I realized that if I had a simple way to create a private, temporary, mini-redis that the client could talk to directly, it would save a lot of time. So we created DriftDB. In addition to the open source server that you can run yourself, we also provide https://jamsocket.live where you can use an instance we host on Cloudflare’s edge (~13ms round trip latency from my home in NY). You may have seen my…

   2023 · driftdb.com · its alternatives →

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   DBacked▲148

   Simple, secure database backup as a service 🛠️

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Stellar – Git for PostreSQL and MySQL▲325

   Fast database snapshot and restore tool for development - fastmonkeys/stellar

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Hippobase▲171

   Self-host open source databases in one click

   2021 · hippobase.io · its alternatives →

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   Postgresus (PostgreSQL backups)▲7

   Scheduled PostgresSQL backups and PostgreSQL monitoring tool

   2025 · its alternatives →

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   Dumper▲64

   Offsite backup for databases

   2017 · its alternatives →

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    DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows▲114

    Hi HN - I’m Peter, here with Harry (devhawk), and we’re building DBOS Java, an open-source Java library for durable workflows, backed by Postgres. https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-java Essentially, DBOS helps you write long-lived, reliable code that can survive failures, restarts, and crashes without losing state or duplicating work. As your workflows run, it checkpoints each step they take in a Postgres database. When a process stops (fails, restarts, or crashes), your program can recover from those checkpoints to restore its exact state and continue from where…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DBngin▲133

    Free all-in-one database version management tool 🛠️

    2018 · dbngin.com · its alternatives →

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    Portabase – open-source database backup/restore tool▲6

    I’m working on Portabase, a self-hosted, open-source tool for managing database backups and restores. It currently supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB, with MongoDB coming soon. It uses an agent-based architecture with a central server and lightweight agents, enabling deployment at the edge and operation across multiple networks. Website: https://portabase.io GitHub: https://github.com/Portabase/portabase Discord (newly created): https://discord.gg/Wgv7xZ8fWJ Main features: - Scheduled logical backups with multiple retention strategies…

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    BedquiltDB – A Mongo-like JSON doc store built on Postgres▲145

    2016 · bedquiltdb.github.io · its alternatives →

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    QoreDB▲95

    The fast, open-source database client built with Rust

    Mar 2026 · qoredb.com · its alternatives →

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    Peerdb Streams – Simple, native Postgres change data capture▲177

    Hello HN, I am Sai Srirampur, one of the Co-founders of PeerDB. (https://github.com/PeerDB-io/peerdb). We spent the past 7 months building a solid experience to replicate data from Postgres to data warehouses. Now we're expanding to queues. PeerDB Streams provides a simple and native way to replicate changes as they happen in Postgres to Queues (Kafka, Redpanda, Google PubSub, etc). We use Postgres logical decoding to enable Change Data Capture (CDC). Blog post here: https://blog.peerdb.io/peerdb-streams-simple-native-postgres.... 10-min quickstart here:…

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Postgres as a VectorDB GUI▲162

    Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SummitDB – In-Memory NoSQL DB▲81

    In-memory NoSQL database with ACID transactions, Raft consensus, and Redis API - tidwall/summitdb

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Restoredrill – proves your Postgres backups restore▲50

    Proves your PostgreSQL and MySQL backups actually restore, before you find out the hard way. - ahmadpiran/restoredrill

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Relica – Cross-platform local, remote, and multi-cloud file backups▲132

    Immutable cloud storage with multi-cloud redundancy. Zero-knowledge encryption, unlimited devices. Built on restic — no vendor lock-in. From $5/month.

    2018 · relicabackup.com · its alternatives →

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    Bytebase 2.0▲88

    Database schema change and version control for developers

    2023 · bytebase.com · its alternatives →

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    PeerDB▲110

    Fast, native ETL for Postgres

    2023 · peerdb.io · its alternatives →

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    JawsDB▲116

    Fast, reliable, no-bullshark MySQL as a service

    2017 · jawsdb.com · its alternatives →

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    MyDuck Server – Supercharge MySQL and Postgres Analytics with DuckDB▲32

    Hello HN! We're excited to announce MyDuck Server, an open-source project that seamlessly integrates the analytical power of DuckDB with your existing MySQL & Postgres databases. *Backstory* Currently, there are no fully satisfactory open-source OLAP solutions for MySQL & Postgres. In the MySQL ecosystem, HeatWave offers close integration, but it's a proprietary, commercial product from Oracle. The Postgres community has seen promising DuckDB-based extensions emerge, including the official pg_duckdb. However, extensions can introduce isolation concerns in mission-critical environments.…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Realtime Postgres▲62

    Broadcast, Presence, and Postgres Changes via WebSockets - supabase/realtime

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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