{"id":181692,"date":"2026-05-23T18:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/razrabotka-pgbackrest-prodolzhitsya-blagodarya-gruppe-sponsorov"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:24:50","slug":"razrabotka-pgbackrest-prodolzhitsya-blagodarya-gruppe-sponsorov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/razrabotka-pgbackrest-prodolzhitsya-blagodarya-gruppe-sponsorov","title":{"rendered":"Development of pgBackRest will continue thanks to a group of sponsors","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Development pgBackRest<\/strong>, a popular open-source tool for backing up and restoring PostgreSQL databases, will continue. This was announced by the project maintainer David Steele: in recent weeks, a group of sponsors has formed around the project, ready to fund further development. As a result, pgBackRest will no longer rely on a single corporate sponsor, which should make the project's development more sustainable in the long term.<\/p>\n

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The story is telling. At the end of April, Steele announced<\/a>, announced that he was ceasing work on pgBackRest and archiving the repository. The reason was the inability to find sustainable funding after losing previous corporate support. According to the developer, pgBackRest had been his main project for 13 years, but it is impossible to support such a tool endlessly during nights and weekends.<\/p>\n

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pgBackRest is used for backing up, restoring, and archiving PostgreSQL. The project is intended not only for small installations but also for large databases and serious production loads. The current stable version is stated as pgBackRest 2.58.0<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Among the new sponsors are AWS, Supabase, pgEdge, Tiger Data, Percona, and Eon<\/strong>. The announcement emphasizes that these companies rely on pgBackRest for ensuring recovery from failures in their products and customer infrastructures.<\/p>\n

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Percona separately announced<\/a> its joining in funding pgBackRest. The company stated that support would allow David Steele to return to active work on the project, allocate time for fixing bugs, developing new features, and reviewing changes from the community. Additionally, Percona intends to participate in preparing a new maintainer so that the project does not become dependent on one person again.<\/p>\n

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Among the important details:<\/p>\n