Kubernetes backup

Back up and restore Kubernetes resources and persistent volumes, and migrate workloads between clusters.

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Kubernetes backup
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Velero	10k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Go	v1.18.4	2026-10-06
K8up	1k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Go	k8up-4.10.0	2026-10-05
Kanister	887	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Go	0.119.0	2026-10-03

3 tools

Velero

Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 10k
Latest: v1.18.4
Last push: 2026-10-06

K8up

Kubernetes and OpenShift Backup Operator

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 1k
Latest: k8up-4.10.0
Last push: 2026-10-05

Kanister

An extensible framework for application-level data management on Kubernetes, Kanister is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project and was originally created by the Veeam Kasten team.

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 887
Latest: 0.119.0
Last push: 2026-10-03