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pgBackRest is no longer maintained…
pgBackRest is one of the most widely used tools for backing up PostgreSQL. Today, its main maintainer is stepping down, due to lack of funding and sponsors, despite massive adoption.
Beyond the announcement, it is primarily a reminder: some critical open‑source components rely on fragile balances, especially in a context where investments are shifting heavily toward AI.
But it is also a structural reality of open source. A project can become essential… without its maintenance being guaranteed over time, for economic reasons, human factors, or simply because priorities evolve.
In practice, everything cannot stop overnight. Switching to a different component is not always immediate: sometimes it is simple, but other times it involves dependencies, costs, or transformations that take time.
It is precisely at those moments that OSSA (Open Source Software Assurance) from LINAGORA steps in and ensures the continuity of critical open‑source components when they are no longer maintained by their community.
So if you use pgBackRest, rest assured: we continue the maintenance of this component.
Feel free to contact us to discuss it: ossa@linagora.com
