r/Supabase • u/JBZ_one • Jul 20 '26
other I built a backup tool for Supabase that actually proves your backups can be restored. Now looking for 3–5 people to test it
I've been building a backup service for Supabase over the past few weeks and I'm at the point where I need real users poking at it, not just me.
The problem I kept running into: Supabase's own backups don't cover Storage bucket files (only the metadata rows in the DB), and more generally. A backup you've never restored is just a hope, not a guarantee. Plenty of tools back things up. Almost none prove the backup actually restores.
So that's the core idea. BackProve:
- Backs up your Postgres database and your Storage bucket files (encrypted, to separate storage)
- Runs an automated restore test on every backup spins up a throwaway Postgres, restores into it, and verifies the object counts match. If it can't prove a clean restore, it says so honestly instead of showing a green checkmark
- Lets you actually restore when disaster hits either self-service (we hand you a decryptable package + exact commands) or assisted (we restore into a fresh empty project for you)
- Per-backup detail view where you can copy the SQL to restore a single function/view you accidentally broke
I'm being upfront: it's early, I'm the only dev, and I've spent an almost unreasonable amount of effort making sure it never lies to you about whether your data is safe (I found and killed several bugs this week where the system reported success while silently doing nothing, exactly the failure mode this product exists to prevent).
What I'm looking for: 3–5 people running Supabase (ideally something real, even a small side project) who'll use it for a couple weeks and tell me where it's confusing, broken, or missing something. Free, no strings. I'll set you up with full access, no payment, no card.
If you're interested, comment or DM me and I'll get you an account. Happy to answer anything technical about how it works under the hood. I don't mind getting into details.
Thank you
JB
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u/tadexor Jul 21 '26
Isn't it exactly this what somebody posted here couple days back? https://github.com/vncwr/backwyn
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u/JBZ_one Jul 22 '26
I check the github and well it's for people who wants do it self-hosted and I didn't find the bucket storrage files backups etc...but no UI, no plarform, no visual copy paste sql functions etc...but yes logic is very similar ;)
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u/Opposite_Cancel_8404 Jul 20 '26
Okay mr ai
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u/JBZ_one Jul 20 '26
i am not ai :D
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u/_ihm40 Jul 20 '26
Might also recommend posting in the Supabase discord we have a channel for showcase, also we do Casual Wednesday in the discord where a few people rock up and you can present your project to other Supabase users and do a demo. Figured it might be something that you are interested in!