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Databasus

open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB

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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.comGitHub - https://github.com/databasus/databasusMain 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- Works with both self-hosted and managed PostgreSQL (RDS, Cloud SQL, etc.)- Runs as a single Docker container or via Helm on Kubernetes, can be installed via script- There are workspaces and role-based access with audit logs

HN · launched Dec 28, 2025 · 10 upvotes (top 51%) · 0 views

Niche: data backup software · 72 launches, 15 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Data infrastructure
  • B2B
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product

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Could you build this?

Partial While the web dashboard and CLI wrappers can be vibe-coded, robustly handling multi-engine point-in-time recovery (PITR) with WAL archiving and containerized restore verification requires nontrivial database operational engineering.

What it would actually take: Building a reliable database backup suite requires a Go/Rust daemon interfacing with native backup tools (pg_basebackup, mysqldump, mongodump) and cloud storage APIs. The hard part is ensuring transactional integrity during streaming, implementing WAL/binlog archiving for PITR, and orchestrating Dockerized test restores safely to verify snapshot validity without data corruption risks.

Discussion

7 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: pgBackRest, WAL-G, mysqldump

Concerns raised: Point-in-time recovery (PITR) is complicated to set up and recover, Database must be empty before restore (conflicts otherwise), Logical backups are slower for large databases, PITR tools claim support but restores are messy in practice

Feature requests: Physical/PITR backup support as an option, Incremental backups, Web UI for easier setup and accessibility

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 269 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #134 of 270 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 59 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Portabase · hn · 2026-01-08 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.61
  • Backupd · ph · 2026-11-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • Excalibase · ph · 2026-10-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • dumpcat · github · 2026-10-18 · 45 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • DBDump · ph · 2026-09-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • PostgreSQL Migrator · ph · 2026-09-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • DBOS Java · hn · 2025-11-13 · 114 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • Nexus DataHub · ph · 2026-10-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47

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