Plakar is an open-source backup and restore solution tailored for businesses seeking secure, efficient, and streamlined data protection. It supports a wide range of use cases, from safeguarding local files to managing complex multi-cloud AI pipelines. Plakar ensures every snapshot is lean, encrypted, and instantly recoverable, offering reliability and speed for modern data workflows.
Its foundation lies in Kloset, an innovative data store that guarantees immutable, queryable, and encrypted snapshots. Kloset encapsulates data with all its metadata and context, ensuring consistent integrity and portability across storage systems. This approach mirrors the transformative impact of Docker containers on compute environments, providing a standardized format for data preservation and seamless mobility. Snapshots can be inspected and queried without restoration, enabling instant access and operational flexibility.
Plakar is accessible through CLI, API, and UI interfaces, with clean defaults and minimal deployment effort—just install and run. The latest UI introduces improved responsiveness and navigation, catering to large-scale data browsing. A cryptographic audit by Jean-Philippe Aumasson has validated its security, reinforcing trust in its encryption mechanisms.
Built by a global community of developers, sysadmins, and engineers, Plakar is open-source and encourages contributions, plugin development, and collaborative innovation. Trusted by critical teams such as Holberton and République Française, Plakar is designed for organizations that prioritize data reliability, security, and long-term accessibility.
