PHPackages                             weareferal/remote-backup - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [File & Storage](/categories/file-storage)
4. /
5. weareferal/remote-backup

ActiveCraft-plugin[File & Storage](/categories/file-storage)

weareferal/remote-backup
========================

Backup your database and assets to a remote location

5.2.2(5mo ago)125.5k2[7 issues](https://github.com/timmyomahony/craft-remote-backup/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/timmyomahony/craft-remote-backup/pulls)proprietaryPHPPHP ^8.0.2

Since Apr 7Pushed 5mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/timmyomahony/craft-remote-backup)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/weareferal/remote-backup)[ RSS](/packages/weareferal-remote-backup/feed)WikiDiscussions craft-5 Synced today

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (4)Versions (26)Used By (0)

Remote Backup Craft CMS Plugin
==============================

[](#remote-backup-craft-cms-plugin)

[![Header image for plugin](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/57cd8add42f399bba27e673938654bd5291f519a8f5a60b5f366d9dd85b311b9/68747470733a2f2f63726166742d706c7567696e732d63646e2e74696d6d796f6d61686f6e792e636f6d2f776562736974652f72656d6f74652d6261636b75702f72656d6f74652d6261636b75702d706c7567696e2d6865616465722e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/57cd8add42f399bba27e673938654bd5291f519a8f5a60b5f366d9dd85b311b9/68747470733a2f2f63726166742d706c7567696e732d63646e2e74696d6d796f6d61686f6e792e636f6d2f776562736974652f72656d6f74652d6261636b75702f72656d6f74652d6261636b75702d706c7567696e2d6865616465722e706e67)

📓 [**Documentation**](https://craft-plugins.timmyomahony.com/remote-backup?utm_source=github&utm_campaign=documentation-launch) | 💳 [**Purchase**](https://plugins.craftcms.com/remote-backup?craft4) | 🤷🏻‍♂️ [**Get help**](https://craft-plugins.timmyomahony.com/remote-backup/docs/get-help)

Remote Backup is a Craft CMS plugin that allows you to automaticaly backup your database and volumes to remote cloud destinations like AWS S3, Digital Ocean, Backblaze and more, giving you peace of mind when making sites updates, content changes or adding new features.

It provides a useful interface for manually backing up your data via the Craft CMS Control Panel utilites section:

[![Craft Remote Backup Overview](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fee7c65397943a502f6f0eb1deb9fa74495056e4e374b94c1a6fb6317896f8a3/68747470733a2f2f63726166742d706c7567696e732d63646e2e74696d6d796f6d61686f6e792e636f6d2f776562736974652f72656d6f74652d6261636b75702f7574696c69746965732d73637265656e73686f742e6a7067)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fee7c65397943a502f6f0eb1deb9fa74495056e4e374b94c1a6fb6317896f8a3/68747470733a2f2f63726166742d706c7567696e732d63646e2e74696d6d796f6d61686f6e792e636f6d2f776562736974652f72656d6f74652d6261636b75702f7574696c69746965732d73637265656e73686f742e6a7067)

Remote Backup also lets you create backups with custom CLI commands, for example:

```
./craft remote-backup/database/create
```

Together with [cron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) these commands can be used to take totally automated backups.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Multiple cloud providers**: remote backup supports numerous cloud providers including AWS and Backblaze.
- **Background queue**: use the Craft queue to avoid hanging around for backups to complete.
- **Supports large files**: backup large multi-GB volumes and databases to remote destinations.
- **CLI commands**: automate backups using the CLI commands and cron.
- **Prunes old backups**: automatically prune old backups so you never run out of space.
- **Remote volumes**: backup remote volumes to other remote locations for peace of mind (i.e. S3 to Backblaze)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

See [the full documentation website](https://craft-plugins.timmyomahony.com/remote-backup) for details on how to get started with the plugin.

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance59

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~97 days

Recently: every ~118 days

Total

22

Last Release

169d ago

Major Versions

1.4.0 → 4.0.02022-08-18

4.1.6 → 5.0.02024-08-03

4.1.7 → 5.1.02025-09-26

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/631f933f27637d99baa67df2a0d184ee4ab26baf65d74a16360fc9bf4ee0e619?d=identicon)[timmyomahony](/maintainers/timmyomahony)

---

Top Contributors

[![timmyomahony](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/615149?v=4)](https://github.com/timmyomahony "timmyomahony (183 commits)")

---

Tags

craftcraft-plugincraft3craftcmscraftcms-pluginbackupcmsCraftcraftcmscraft-plugin

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/weareferal-remote-backup/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/weareferal-remote-backup/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/weareferal-remote-backup)
```

###  Alternatives

[superbig/craft3-beam

Generate CSVs and XLS files in your templates

1933.9k](/packages/superbig-craft3-beam)[servd/craft-remote-assets

Move CP assets to an external filesystem such as S3

1215.8k](/packages/servd-craft-remote-assets)[olivierbon/craft-squeeze

Zip one or multiple craft assets on the fly for frontend user to download.

137.5k](/packages/olivierbon-craft-squeeze)[venveo/craft-compress

Create smart zip files from Craft assets on the fly

124.6k](/packages/venveo-craft-compress)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)