# Databasus

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Databasus and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source tool with a simple web interface for scheduling PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB backups. Common caveat: it is young and heavy on resources.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy setup and configuration (2 comments): "Easy to configure and operate." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922307)) "was really easy to set up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921449))
- Simple web interface for scheduling (2 comments): "It's a remarkably simply utility and web interface to schedule PostgreSQL backups. I use it in my homelab and works great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988180)) "it's much easier to use (especially when you have a lot of DBs)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46412491))
- Works well in practice (2 comments): "It's a remarkably simply utility and web interface to schedule PostgreSQL backups. I use it in my homelab and works great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988180)) "this is working well for us" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990082))

## What people warn about

- Heavy on resources (2 comments): "Quite heavy and vibe-coded." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991792)) "heavier than my entire backend + DB + Caddy!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48733691))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [pgBackRest](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pgbackrest.md): 32 recommend
- [Barman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/barman.md): 17 recommend
- [Restoredrill](https://hackerapproved.com/p/restoredrill.md): 7 recommend
- [sqlite3_rsync](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sqlite3-rsync.md): 6 recommend
- [WAL-G](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wal-g.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Databasus", https://hackerapproved.com/p/databasus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).