django-dbbackup
Management commands to help backup and restore a project database and media.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and solves a common operational need with a clean interface. It's production-stable and well-suited for any Django project that needs reliable, automated backups with encryption and flexible storage options.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django as a runtime dependency and Python 3.10 or later.
- Low install friction with a single dependency on django.
- Active maintenance with recent commits and a stable production-ready status.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-3-Clause (permissive) — BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you can use this package in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-04-10 (126 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-22 · 1,113 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 298,574 downloads/mo, #7,872 on PyPI
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pip install django-dbbackup
# In Django settings.py, add 'dbbackup' to INSTALLED_APPS
# Then run:
python manage.py dbbackup
python manage.py dbrestore- Whether compression formats and storage backends beyond S3/Dropbox are documented or supported.
- Performance characteristics when backing up very large databases or media collections.
- Whether Celery integration is built-in or requires additional configuration.
What it is and what it does
Django DBBackup is a Django application that wraps database and media backup/restore operations into management commands, replacing the need to write custom scripts or use complex database tools directly. It sits between your Django project and storage systems, using each database's native backup procedures rather than Django's dumpdata/loaddata commands, which the documentation notes are less efficient. The package supports multiple storage backends and can optionally encrypt backups with GPG and compress them before transmission.
You trigger backups either manually via management commands, or set them up to run automatically through Crontab or Celery. The main appeal is simplicity: instead of writing shell scripts or database-specific commands, you call a single Django command and let the package handle storage routing, encryption, and compression. It supports Django versions 5.0 through 6.0 and Python 3.10 and later.
Use it for
- Automate daily database backups to S3 or Dropbox without writing custom scripts or cron jobs.
- Encrypt sensitive database backups with GPG before storing them on remote or untrusted storage.
- Restore a development database from a production backup to keep local testing data current.
- Compress and archive both database and media files together for efficient off-site storage.
- Integrate backup scheduling with Celery for distributed task management in larger deployments.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and solves a common operational need with a clean interface. It's production-stable and well-suited for any Django project that needs reliable, automated backups with encryption and flexible storage options.
Install
django-dbbackup on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a single dependency on django. Active maintenance with recent commits and a stable production-ready status.
Requires Django as a runtime dependency and Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you can use this package in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install django-dbbackup
# In Django settings.py, add 'dbbackup' to INSTALLED_APPS
# Then run:
python manage.py dbbackup
python manage.py dbrestoreVerify before relying
- Whether compression formats and storage backends beyond S3/Dropbox are documented or supported.
- Performance characteristics when backing up very large databases or media collections.
- Whether Celery integration is built-in or requires additional configuration.
Package facts
| License | BSD-3-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagedjango |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 126 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 298,574 / month, #7,872 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableEnvironment :: ConsoleEnvironment :: Web EnvironmentFramework :: Django :: 5.0Framework :: Django :: 5.1Framework :: Django :: 5.2Framework :: Django :: 6.0Intended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: System AdministratorsLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: DatabaseTopic :: System :: ArchivingTopic :: System :: Archiving :: BackupTopic :: System :: Archiving :: Compression |
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