Backuparr

Backup your Arrs.

AI disclosure: This project was built with substantial assistance from Claude (Anthropic) - code, documentation, and commit history included. Reviewed and maintained by a human.

Scheduled config/database backups for Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, Profilarr, Bazarr, Tdarr, SABnzbd, NZBGet, Tautulli, Jellyfin, Emby, Plex, and Seerr, sent to every destination you enable: Local storage, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. Everything - apps, destinations, schedule, retention and restores - is set up in the web UI, not env vars.

Most apps are backed up through their own API. Jellyfin, Emby, Plex and Seerr also need a folder mounted into Backuparr - see the app notes.

Documentation · Changelog

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Overview	Settings
Run & Status	History

Quick start

Docker

Add a backuparr service to the compose file that already defines your apps, so it shares their network and can reach them by name.

services:
  backuparr:
    image: rsaturns/backuparr:latest
    container_name: backuparr
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - TZ=America/Los_Angeles
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      # Optional - see Environment variables.
      #- LOG_LEVEL=INFO
      #- BACKUPARR_FORCE_HTTPS=true
      #- BACKUPARR_DISABLE_AUTH=true
      #- BACKUPARR_SECRETS_KEY=
      #- RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS=
      # Changing this also means updating the ports: mapping below.
      #- WEBUI_PORT=8990
    ports:
      - "8990:8990"
    volumes:
      # config.json, rclone.conf, and local-destination backups.
      - /share/Container/backuparr:/config/backuparr
      # Optional: needed only to restore Bazarr - path to its config/backup folder.
      #- /share/Container/bazarr/backup:/mnt/bazarr-backup
      # Needed to back up Jellyfin - its backups folder (see the Jellyfin note).
      #- /share/Container/jellyfin/config/data/backups:/mnt/jellyfin-backups
      # Needed to back up Emby - its /config folder (see the Emby note).
      #- /share/Container/emby/config:/mnt/emby:ro
      # Needed to back up Plex - its "Plex Media Server" folder (see the Plex note).
      #- "/share/Container/plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server:/mnt/plex:ro"
      # Needed to back up Seerr - its /app/config folder (see the Seerr note).
      #- /share/Container/seerr/config:/mnt/seerr:ro

docker compose up -d

Or without Compose:

docker run -d --name backuparr --restart unless-stopped \
  -e TZ=America/Los_Angeles -e PUID=1000 -e PGID=1000 \
  -p 8990:8990 \
  -v /share/Container/backuparr:/config/backuparr \
  rsaturns/backuparr:latest

Published for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. latest is the newest tagged release; pin a version (e.g. rsaturns/backuparr:1.10.2) to control upgrades. Tags are on Docker Hub, and the same images are on GitHub Container Registry as ghcr.io/rsaturns/backuparr.

The optional settings are covered in Docker, and building the image yourself in Build from source.

Unraid

On the Apps tab, search for Backuparr and click Install. The template uses the same image, with appdata in /mnt/user/appdata/backuparr; fill in the folders of the apps that need one - see Unraid.

First run

Open http://<host>:8990 and create the admin account on the setup screen. Then, on the Settings tab:

1. Switch on each app to back up, enter its URL (e.g. http://radarr:7878 on the same Compose network, or IP:port for apps on host networking) and its API key, and click Test connection. Using Prowlarr? Set it up first and click Discover services - see Prowlarr discovery.
2. Enable at least one destination.
3. Set retention and a schedule. Retention deletes each app's backups older than the number of days you set, but always keeps its newest one.
4. Click Save settings. Schedule changes apply without a restart.

Run & Status runs a backup now - of every app, or just one - and shows it live, History lists, downloads and deletes backups, and Restore restores them.

Documentation

• Getting started
• Apps - how each app is backed up and restored
• Destinations - Local storage, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox
• Settings - Prowlarr discovery, multiple Radarr/Sonarr, reverse-proxy headers
• Login and security
• Restoring after a disaster
• Notifications
• Environment variables and the configuration reference

Want to help? See CONTRIBUTING.md and the Code of Conduct.

Credits

App icons (webui/static/icons/) are from the selfh.st icon collection (selfhst/icons on GitHub), licensed CC BY 4.0.

License

GNU AGPLv3 - if you run a modified version as a network service, its source must be available to its users too.