# Portabase
> Portabase is a 100% open-source, self-hosted platform for centralizing, securing, scheduling, and restoring database backups.
This site contains product documentation, setup guides, storage and notification integration docs, and technical blog content.
Prefer the English pages below for a stable primary index. French content is also available. For full processed documentation text, use `llms-full.txt`.
## Core Resources

- [Portabase](https://portabase.io/): Homepage overview of the self-hosted database backup platform, product positioning, and key capabilities.
- [Documentation](https://portabase.io/docs): Primary documentation entry point for installation, architecture, configuration, and product usage.
- [llms-full.txt](https://portabase.io/llms-full.txt): Full machine-readable export of the processed documentation pages for deeper retrieval.
- [Blog](https://portabase.io/blog): Product updates, technical articles, backup guidance, and engineering stories from the Portabase team.
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/Portabase/portabase): Open-source codebase for the Portabase product referenced by this website and documentation.
## Documentation

- [Docs Introduction](https://portabase.io/docs): Overview of Portabase, its architecture, supported databases, storage backends, notifications, and deployment model.
- [Dashboard Installation](https://portabase.io/docs/dashboard/installation/setup): How to install and run the Portabase dashboard component.
- [Agent Setup](https://portabase.io/docs/agent/setup): How to deploy and configure the Portabase agent near your databases.
- [Agent Configuration](https://portabase.io/docs/agent/configuration): Reference for configuring agent behavior and runtime options.
- [CLI](https://portabase.io/docs/cli): Command-line workflows for installing and operating Portabase components.
- [FAQ](https://portabase.io/docs/faq): Common questions and operational clarifications about Portabase.
- [Comparisons Overview](https://portabase.io/docs/comparisons/overview): Comparison hub for evaluating Portabase against related backup tools.
## Recent Blog Posts

- [How to Back Up Nextcloud with Portabase](https://portabase.io/blog/how-to-backup-nextcloud-with-portabase): Deploy Nextcloud with Docker, then configure Portabase to back up and restore its Docker volumes — from installation to your first backup.
- [Why Backup Tools Should Not Connect to Your Databases Directly](https://portabase.io/blog/why-backup-tools-should-not-connect-to-your-databases-directly): Pull-based backup architectures introduce unnecessary risk. Here's why the agent-based model is the right architectural choice for security, compliance, and operational scale.
- [We just reached 500 GitHub stars!](https://portabase.io/blog/we-just-reached-500-github-stars): A small milestone with big meaning for the future of Portabase.
- [Why we Rewrote the Agent in Rust](https://portabase.io/blog/why-we-rewrote-the-agent-in-rust): Moving the Portabase agent from Python to Rust removed entire classes of runtime failure, improved streaming efficiency, and simplified deployment across heterogeneous infrastructure.
## Optional

- [Install Script](https://portabase.io/install): Plain-text install script served by the website for quick bootstrap workflows.
- [Sitemap](https://portabase.io/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for the main public pages, docs pages, blog posts, and LLM-oriented resources.