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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T14:06:38.000Z",
  "site": "https://lwn.net",
  "tags": [
    "pgBackRest",
    "archived\nthe project"
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  "textContent": "David Steele, maintainer of the popular pgBackRest backup and restore project for PostgreSQL, has archived\nthe project and announced that it is no longer being maintained.\n\n> After a lot of thought, I have decided to stop working on pgBackRest. I did not come to this decision lightly. pgBackRest has been my passion project for the last thirteen years, and I was fortunate to have corporate sponsorship for much of this time, but there were also many late nights and weekends as I worked to make pgBackRest the project it is today, aided by numerous contributors. Every open-source developer knows exactly what I mean and how much of your life gets devoted to a special project.\n>\n> Since Crunchy Data was sold, I have been maintaining pgBackRest and looking for a position that would allow me to continue the work, but so far I have not been successful. Likewise, my efforts to secure sponsorship have also fallen far short of what I need to make the project viable.",
  "title": "pgBackRest is no longer maintained"
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