# Restoredrill

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Restoredrill and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Checks that Postgres backups actually restore by turning the manual drill into a single command. The most common caveat is a README that critics find not to the point.

## Why people recommend it

- Automates a manual restore drill (2 comments): "This is a great idea and something I've faced and had to implement manually in the past." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466530)) "turns that drill into a single command" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465311))
- Makes restore testing easier for ops (2 comments): "Anything that makes this easier is a win for ops teams." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465386)) "This is a great idea and something I've faced and had to implement manually in the past." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466530))

## What people warn about

- README is not to the point (2 comments): "This is a cool idea but the README is absurdly not-to-the-point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465759)) "the README is absurdly not-to-the-point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490391))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [pgBackRest](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pgbackrest.md): 32 recommend
- [Barman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/barman.md): 17 recommend
- [Databasus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/databasus.md): 9 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, "Restoredrill", https://hackerapproved.com/p/restoredrill/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).