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Three deliberately differentiated takes on the dashboard so we can
lock the visual register before the UI work starts (P1-23 onwards).
v1 — Operator console (Linear/Datadog dark register).
Dense table, monospace numerics, restrained colour, pulsing
status dot only when a job is running. The natural fit for
the audience and the most defensible choice.
v2 — Editorial calm (Stripe/Notion light register).
Serif hero headline that humanises the data, cards with
breathing room in a 2-up grid, demoted "quiet hosts" strip,
subtle rust accent. Reads as trustworthy infrastructure.
v3 — Print spec (Tufte/aerospace monospace register).
Pure monospace, near-monochrome, status as typeset glyphs
(●▶▲○✗) so the screen survives greyscale. "Requires
attention" block groups problem hosts at the top; activity
tail reads like a real log. Most polarising; highest
craft ceiling.
Each file is self-contained (Tailwind via CDN + Google Fonts) and
includes a philosophy preamble + the dashboard hero + a component
vocabulary section so we can read the system, not just one screen.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
restic-manager
Self-hosted, browser-based, single-pane-of-glass for managing restic backups across a fleet of Linux and Windows endpoints.
Status: pre-alpha. Phase 0 (project bootstrap) complete; Phase 1 (MVP) in progress. See
spec.mdfor the design andtasks.mdfor the roadmap.
What it does (target)
- Central visibility into backup state for every endpoint
- Trigger any restic operation remotely (
backup,forget,prune,check,unlock,snapshots,stats,diff,restore) - Manage per-host backup schedules from the UI
- Live job progress streamed back to the UI
- Restore wizard (browse snapshots, pick paths, restore to original or alternate host)
- Repo health surfacing (size, dedup ratio, last check, lock state)
- Alerting on failure or staleness
- Cross-platform agent (Linux + Windows)
- Ransomware-resistant repo access via append-only credentials
Architecture (one-line summary)
A small Go control-plane on the Proxmox host, lightweight Go agents on each
endpoint that hold an outbound WebSocket to the control-plane, and a
restic/rest-server on Unraid that holds the actual backup data. The
control-plane never touches backup bytes.
Full architecture diagram and component breakdown:
spec.md §3.
Repository layout
cmd/server/ control-plane binary
cmd/agent/ endpoint agent binary
internal/api shared API types (REST + WS envelopes)
internal/server/ HTTP, WS, UI handlers
internal/agent/ service integration, restic runner, local scheduler
internal/restic restic CLI wrapper
internal/store SQLite persistence
internal/crypto secret encryption
internal/auth passwords, sessions, agent tokens
web/ server-rendered templates + static assets
deploy/ Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, install scripts
design/ UI wireframes (Phase 0 design pass)
Local development
Requires Go 1.25+ (built and tested on 1.26). The floor is set by
modernc.org/sqlite v1.50.
make build # builds cmd/server and cmd/agent into ./bin
make test # runs go test ./...
make lint # runs golangci-lint
make run-server # runs the server (dev defaults)
License
PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 — see LICENSE. Free for personal,
hobby, research, educational, governmental, and other noncommercial use.
Commercial use requires a separate license.