A modern, root-based Android backup tool powered by restic.

Restoid gives you control over your app backups through a clean and simple user interface. It's built for users who want robust, encrypted, and deduplicated backups.

This is an early beta release. The application is functional, but you may encounter bugs. The codebase is a work-in-progress and is undergoing active development and refactoring. Feedback, bug reports, and contributions are highly encouraged!

• Restic-Powered: Leverages the speed, security, and efficiency of restic for deduplicated and encrypted backups.
• Selective App Backup: Choose exactly which user-installed applications you want to back up.
• Full Control Over What You Back Up: Granularly select what to include for each app: APK files, user data, device-protected data, external/OBB/media files.
• Flexible Repository Management: Create and manage backup repositories on your device's local storage, SD card, or mounted drives.
• Snapshot Management: Easily browse backup snapshots, view details of what was backed up, and forget old snapshots.
• Flexible Restore: Restore entire apps or just specific parts (like only app data).
• Downgrade Protection: Prevents you from accidentally restoring an older app version over a newer one (can be overridden).
• Zero-Hassle Dependencies: Automatically downloads and manages the restic binary for your device's architecture.

While Restoid creates local backup repositories, its true power shines when combined with tools like Syncthing.

You can set up your repository in a folder that is synchronized by Syncthing. This allows you to automatically and securely transfer your encrypted Android backups to your server, laptop, or any other device in your private network. It's a perfect, decentralized setup for keeping your data safe and under your control.

• Root Access: This is non-negotiable. Restoid requires elevated privileges to access app data directories. It uses libsu for robust root command execution.
• Android Version: Minimum SDK 33 (Android 13).

You have two options to get the app:

1. Obtainium

   

   Note: You'll need to check the "Include prereleases" option, as the app hasn't hit a stable v1.0.0 release yet.

2. GitHub Releases You can also just grab the latest APK file directly from the GitHub Releases page.

   Note: You'll need to manually check for updates and install new APKs when using this method.

1. Grant Root: Launch the app and grant it Superuser access when prompted.
2. Install Restic: Go to Settings. The app will show that restic is not installed. Tap Download to automatically fetch and set it up.
3. Create a Repository:

• In Settings, tap the + icon to add a new repository.
• Select a folder on your device.
• Set a strong password to encrypt your backups. You can choose to save it securely in the app.

4. Run Your First Backup:

• Go Home and tap the Backup FAB (the + button).
• Choose what data types you want to back up (APK, Data, etc.).
• Select the apps.
• Tap Start Backup and watch the magic happen.

5. Restore From a Backup:

• From the Home screen, tap on a snapshot.
• Tap Restore, select what you want to bring back, and confirm.

This is a new project and there's a lot to do! If you find a bug, have a feature request, or want to help clean up the code, please:

1. Open an issue to discuss the change.
2. Fork the repository and submit a pull request.

All contributions are welcome!

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for details.