restic	rustic
programming language	Go	Rust
test coverage	✅	❌ (only few tests implemented)
config profile support	❌ (wrapper tools available)	✅
locking	lock files in repository	lock-free operations, two-phase pruning
cold storage	❌ (no direct support, may work in special cases)	✅ (full support including warm-up of needed data)
in-repo config	❌	✅ (see below for details)
logging	-v or --quiet, no log-file support	--log-level, supports log-file output
returns error code	✅	❌
available as library	❌	✅ rustic_core

backend	restic	rustic
local	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in)
sftp	✅ (using external ssh command)	✅ (built-in using opendal, windows not supported)
rest	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in)
s3	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in using opendal)
swift	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in using opendal)
b2	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in using opendal)
azure	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in using opendal)
gs	✅ (built-in)	✅ (built-in using opendal)
dropbox	❌	✅ (built-in using opendal)
ftp	❌	✅ (built-in using opendal)
gdrive	❌	✅ (built-in using opendal)
onedrive	❌	✅ (built-in using opendal)
webdav	❌	✅ (built-in using opendal)
opendal (other services)	❌	✅ (built-in using opendal)
rclone	✅ (via stdin, using external rclone command)	✅ (via http on localhost, using external rclone command)

command	restic	rustic
backup	✅	✅
cache	✅	❌
cat	✅	✅
config	❌ (no in-repo config)	✅
check	✅	✅
copy	✅	✅
diff	✅	✅
dump	✅	✅
find	✅	❌
forget	✅	✅
generate	✅	✅ completions
init	✅	✅
key list	✅	❌
key add	✅	✅
key remove	✅	❌
key passwd	✅	❌
list	✅	✅
ls	✅	✅
merge	❌	✅
migrate	✅	❌ (not needed; repo version migration via config)
mount	✅	❌ (WIP)
prune	✅	✅
recover	✅	❌
repair index	✅	✅
repair packs	✅	❌
repair snapshots	✅	✅
repoinfo	❌	✅
restore	✅	✅
rewrite	✅	❌
self-update	✅	✅
show-config	❌	✅
snapshots	✅	✅
stats	✅	❌ (but there is repoinfo)
tag	✅	✅
unlock	✅	lock-free
webdav	❌	✅

information	restic	rustic
from repo design info	✅	✅
program version used	✅	✅
summary (size,…)	❌ (WIP)	✅
used command	❌	✅
label	❌	✅
description	❌	✅
delete (protection)	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic
--cacert	✅	❌
--cache-dir	✅	✅ (or in config profile)
--cleanup-cache	✅	❌
--compression	✅ (auto,max,off); needed in every call	✅ (-7..22) configure once in in-repo config
--dry-run	✅	✅ (or in config profile)
--json	✅	✅
--key-hint	✅	❌
--limit-download	✅	❌
--limit-upload	✅	❌
--log-file	❌	✅ (or in config profile)
--no-cache	✅	✅ (or in config profile)
--no-extra-verify	✅ needed in every call	✅ configure once using config
--no-lock	✅	✅ all operations are lock-free
--no-progress	❌	✅ (or in config profile)
--progress-intervall	✅ (via env variable)	✅ (or in config profile)
--option	✅ as cmd arg or env variable	✅ via config profile or env variable
--pack-size	✅ fix limit; needed in every call	✅ fix or dynamic limit, configure once in in-repo config
--password-command	✅	✅ (or in config profile)
--password-file	✅	✅ (or in config profile)
--quiet	✅	✅
--repo	✅	✅ (or in config profile)
--repo-hot	❌ (no cold-storage support)	✅ (or in config profile)
--repository-file	✅	❌ (use repository in config profile instead)
--retry-lock	✅	not needed; lock-free
--tls-client-cert	✅	❌
--use-profile	❌ (no config profile support)	✅ (or in config profile for recursively using profiles)
--verbose (multiple times)	✅	✅ --log-level
--warm-up	❌ (no cold-storage support)	✅ (or in config profile)

option	restic	rustic
append_only	❌	✅
compression	✅ (by --compression)	✅
treepack_size	❌ (only all packs: --pack-size)	✅
treepack_growfactor	❌	✅
treepack_size_limit	❌	✅
datapack_size	❌ (only all packs: --pack-size)	✅
datapack_growfactor	❌	✅
datapack_size_limit	❌	✅
min_packsize_tolerate_percent	❌ (hardcoded 80% for prune --repack-small)	✅
max_packsize_tolerate_percent	❌	✅
extra_verify	✅ (default, can be unset using --no-extra-verify)	✅ (default)

filter	restic	rustic (options also in config profile)
by host	✅ --host	✅ --filter-host
by label	❌	✅ --filter-label
by paths	✅ --paths	✅ --filter-paths
by tags	✅ --tags	✅ --filter-tags
custom	❌	✅ --filter-fn (using Rhai)

option	restic	rustic
--copy-chunker-params	✅	❌ (not needed, see copy command)
--from-*	✅	❌ (not needed, see copy command)
--hostname	❌ (always sets hostname)	✅
--repository-version	✅	✅ (use --set-version)
--set-*	❌ (no in-repo config support)	✅
--username	❌ (always sets username)	✅
--with-created	❌ (always sets creation time)	✅

general	restic	rustic
allow to backup relative paths	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic (options also in config profile)
--as-path	❌	✅
--command	❌	✅
--custom-ignorefile	❌	✅
--description	❌	✅
--description-from	❌	✅
--delete-never	❌	✅
--delete-after	❌	✅
--exclude	✅	✅ --glob
--exclude-file	✅	✅ --glob-file
--exclude-caches	✅	❌ (use --exclude-if-present)
--exclude-if-present	✅ (+ support for header parsing)	✅ (no header parsing)
--exclude-larger-than	✅	✅
--files-from	✅	❌
--files-from-raw	✅	❌
--files-from-verbatim	✅	❌
--force	✅	✅
--git-ignore	❌ (roadmap: 0.19)	✅
--group-by	✅ (host/paths/tags)	✅ (host/label/paths/tags)
--host	✅	✅
--iexclude	✅	✅ --iglob
--iexclude-file	✅	✅ --iglob-file
--ignore-ctime	✅	✅
--ignore-inode	✅	✅
--ignore-devid	❌	✅
--init	❌	✅
--label	❌	✅
--no-require-git	❌ (no --git-ignore)	✅
--no-scan	✅	✅
--one-file-system	✅	✅
--parent	✅	✅
--read-concurrency	✅	❌ (hardcoded)
--skip-identical-parent	❌	✅
--stdin	✅	✅ (use - as backup source)
--stdin-filename	✅	✅
--tag	✅	✅
--time	✅	✅
--with-atime	✅	✅

general	restic	rustic
scan and use already existing files	❌ (roadmap: 0.17)	✅
resumable restore	❌ (roadmap: 0.17)	✅
restore hard links	✅	❌
<snapshotID>:<subfolder> syntax	✅	✅
<snapshotID>:<subfolder>/file syntax	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic
filtering options for latest	✅	✅
--delete	❌	✅
--exclude	✅	✅ --glob
--iexclude	✅	✅ --iglob
--iinclude	✅	✅ --iglob
--include	✅	✅ --glob
--no-ownership	❌	✅
--numeric-id	❌	✅
--sparse	✅	❌
--target	✅	✅ (give target as second CLI argument)
--verify	✅	❌ (but diff can be used to verify after)
--verify-existing	❌ (no scanning of existing files)	✅

general	restic	rustic
dump files	✅	✅
dump dirs	✅	❌

option	restic	rustic
snapshot filtering options for latest	✅	✅
--archive	✅	❌ (no dumping of dirs)

general	restic	rustic
allow to keep all XXX	✅	✅
respect “no delete” options in snapshot	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic (options also in config profile)
snapshot filtering options	✅	✅
--keep-last	✅	✅
--keep-daily	✅	✅
--keep-weekly	✅	✅
--keep-monthly	✅	✅
--keep-quarter-yearly	❌	✅
--keep-half-yearly	❌	✅
--keep-yearly	✅	✅
--keep-within	✅	✅
--keep-within-hourly	✅	✅
--keep-within-daily	✅	✅
--keep-within-weekly	✅	✅
--keep-within-monthly	✅	✅
--keep-within-quarter-yearly	❌	✅
--keep-within-half-yearly	❌	✅
--keep-within-yearly	✅	✅
--keep-tag	✅	✅
--compact	✅	❌
--group-by	✅ (host/paths/tags)	✅ (host/label/paths/tags)
--prune	✅	✅

general	restic	rustic
prune plan without reading pack files	✅	✅
prune parallel to backup (two-phase prune)	❌ (roadmap: 0.19)	✅
different pack sizes for tree/data packs	❌	✅
resumable prune	❌ (roadmap: 0.17)	✅
(option to) resize packs	✅	✅

option	restic	rustic
--fast-repack	❌	✅
--instant-delete	✅ (default, no two-phase)	✅
--keep-pack	❌	✅
--keep-delete	❌ (no two-phase)	✅
--max-repack-size	✅	✅ --max-repack (size/%/unlimited)
--max-unused	✅	✅
--repack-all	❌	✅
--repack-cacheable-only	✅	✅
--repack-small	✅	✅ (default behavior; to unset use --no-resize)
--repack-uncompressed	✅	✅
--unsafe-recover-no-free-space	✅	✅ --early-delete-index

general	restic	rustic
check index files	✅	✅
check index vs packs	✅	✅
check snapshot files	✅	✅
(optionally) check pack files	✅	✅
cache policy	create temporary (use existing: roadmap 0.18)	use existing
check cache integrity	❌	✅
check hot/cold integrity	❌ (no cold storage support)	✅

option	restic	rustic
--read-data	✅	✅
--read-data-subset	✅	❌
--trust-cache	❌ (no cache integrity check)	✅
--with-cache	✅	✅ (default behavior)

general	restic	rustic
source/target given by	CLI options	in config profile
multiple targets	❌	✅
check for matching chunker parameters	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic
snapshot filtering options	✅	✅
--from-*	✅ (target is --repository)	✅ (source is --repository, target in config profile)
--init	❌ (extra run of init --copy-chunker-params)	✅

general	restic	rustic
summarize identical snapshots (like +3)	❌	✅
show summary information (sizes)	❌ (WIP)	✅

option	restic	rustic
snapshot filtering options	✅	✅
--all	❌	✅
--compact	✅	❌
--group-by	✅ (host/paths/tags)	✅ (host/label/paths/tags)
--latest	✅	❌
--long	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic
snapshot filtering options for latest	✅	✅
--glob	❌	✅
--glob-file	❌	✅
--human-readable	✅	❌
--iglob	❌	✅
--iglob-file	❌	✅
--long	✅	✅
--numeric-uid-gid	❌	✅
--summary	❌	✅
--recursive	✅	✅

general	restic	rustic
allow latest	❌	✅
diff with local files	❌	✅
<snapshotID>:<subfolder> syntax	✅	✅
<snapshotID>:<subfolder>/file syntax	❌	✅

option	restic	rustic
snapshot filtering options for latest	❌ (no latest support)	✅
--glob	❌	✅
--glob-file	❌	✅
--iglob	❌	✅
--iglob-file	❌	✅
--metadata	✅	✅
--no-content	❌	✅
exclude options for local files	❌ (no diff with local files)	✅