Most backup failures are discovered on the worst possible day: the day you need the restore. The job ran, the log said “success”, a file landed in a bucket — and the file turns out to be empty, truncated, encrypted with a key nobody kept, or a dump of the wrong database. Xtic exists to move that discovery to a quiet Tuesday afternoon instead.
Xtic is self-hosted backup software for Linux servers, Docker and Podman, and 31 database engines. It runs as containers on one server you control, reaches the servers you back up over SSH, and stores encrypted backups in any S3-compatible bucket or on a local disk. It is built by INTELLIENS INFOCOM LLP in Gwalior, India.
What “backups you can prove” means
Every run in Xtic ends with evidence, not a green tick:
- A checksum of everything stored. Each artefact gets a SHA-256 when it is written, and the stored copy is read back and compared before the run counts as verified.
- Format checks. Dumps are checked for the trailers and headers their tools write, so a truncated dump is caught on the day it is made.
- A signed manifest. Each run writes a manifest of what it stored, signed so that later changes are detected.
- Restore drills. Scheduled drills restore a backup into a scratch environment and run your checks against it, so the question “does it restore?” has a dated answer.
When a plan has not produced a verified backup within its window, Xtic raises an alert — silence is treated as a failure.
How it works
Nothing is installed on the servers you protect. Xtic connects over SSH with a pinned host key and runs the database’s own
tools — pg_dump, mysqldump, mongodump, BACKUP DATABASE and so on — on the host, inside the database’s container, or
in a temporary tool container. A small, reviewed helper is the only thing the backup user may run as root, and it executes a
fixed command line rather than options supplied by the caller.
Backups stream to the Xtic server, where they are packaged, compressed and encrypted with your keys before they are stored. The platform-key format, BMENC v1, is published with test vectors and a reference script, so a restore never depends on Xtic being around.
Who it is for
Teams that run their own Linux servers and containers — startups, agencies managing client infrastructure, and regulated organisations that want backups in their own buckets under their own keys. The Free edition covers 3 servers and 2 users, forever, with no licence. Pro adds more servers and secondary copies; Business adds immutability with S3 Object Lock and governance features; Enterprise adds offline licensing and support for regulated environments. Indian customers pay in rupees and receive GST invoices.
What happens next
We are preparing the first public release. Until then, the waitlist is the best way to hear when it is ready — and if you want to talk about backing up a particular engine or environment, write to us.
Try it on your own servers: the Free edition covers 3 servers, forever.