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zenstruck/backup
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Library to create and archive backups

v2.1.0(2y ago)2513.0k↑18.1%2[3 issues](https://github.com/kbond/php-backup/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/kbond/php-backup/pulls)2MITPHPPHP >=8.0CI failing

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zenstruck/backup
================

[](#zenstruckbackup)

Create and archive backups. [A Symfony Bundle](https://github.com/kbond/ZenstruckBackupBundle) and a [Laravel package](https://github.com/vinkla/backup) is available that wraps this library.

An "executor" takes a backup profile and processes it. A backup "profile" consists of 4 parts:

1. **Source(s)**: What to backup (ie database/files). The source fetches files and copies them to a "scratch" directory. These files are typically persisted between backups (improves rsync performance) but can be cleared by the "executor".
2. **Processor**: Convert to a single file (ie zip/tar.gz). This step uses a **Namer** to name the file.
3. **Namer**: Generates a filename to be used by the above processor.
4. **Destination**: Where to send the backup (ie filesystem/S3).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Install this library:

    ```
     composer require zenstruck/backup

    ```
2. (Optional) Install process (used by some Destinations, Sources and Processors):

    ```
     composer require symfony/process

    ```
3. (Optional) Install console (for the console command):

    ```
     composer require symfony/console

    ```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.4% 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 ~217 days

Recently: every ~116 days

Total

15

Last Release

865d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → v1.0.02015-10-31

v1.5.1 → v2.0.02022-11-10

1.x-dev → v2.0.12023-11-08

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/707369cc916e0ea1aacbf077dcba464f611cef879f024d8944311a54a15224b3?d=identicon)[kbond](/maintainers/kbond)

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Top Contributors

[![kbond](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127811?v=4)](https://github.com/kbond "kbond (47 commits)")[![Chris53897](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7104259?v=4)](https://github.com/Chris53897 "Chris53897 (3 commits)")[![vinkla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/499192?v=4)](https://github.com/vinkla "vinkla (2 commits)")

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Tags

backup

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