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pgBackRest will continue

In April, David Steele, maintainer of the popular pgBackRest backup and restore project for PostgreSQL, announced that he had archived the project and it would no longer be maintained due to lack of sponsorship. On May 18, he announced that a number of sponsors have stepped forward to ensure its continued development:

Over the last few weeks, a coalition of sponsors has come together to fund ongoing development. Their support means the project is no longer reliant on a single sponsor, giving pgBackRest the stability it needs for the long term.

[...] I'm looking forward to getting back to work. There are features and optimizations in the pipeline that I'm excited to share in upcoming releases. Thank you to our sponsors for making this possible, and thank you to the community for your patience and support during this transition.

Thanks to Paul Wise for the tip.



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everyone wins here

Posted May 20, 2026 13:22 UTC (Wed) by mageru (subscriber, #106925) [Link]

Glad to see it turn out like this, real financial sponsorship by the companies benefiting directly, and the entire PostgreSQL community winning as well. This is an open source win story.


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