Barman
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Apr 27, 2026first mention
Jul 20, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“For postgres, we use barman.”
runs baremetal company infrastructureon “Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database”
“reliable, tested, fault tolerant postgres with streaming replication and barman for backups”
Runs baremetal serverson “PostgreSQL Benchmark: AWS RDS vs. Self-Hosted on Het…”
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“Barman[1] and Wal-G[2] are the two I've seen most recommended.”
“Barman has always been solid for backup and restore”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 5
“For postgres, we use barman.”
“reliable, tested, fault tolerant postgres with streaming replication and barman for backups”
“Barman[1] and Wal-G[2] are the two I've seen most recommended.”
“Barman has always been solid for backup and restore”
“We use barman, very happily”