diff --git a/bin/pull_repo_list_to_backup b/bin/pull_repo_list_to_backup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a20d12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pull_repo_list_to_backup
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Pull or clone multiple git repositories to backup folder
+
+TARGET_DIR="$HOME/backup"
+REPO_FILE="$HOME/.dotfiles/secrets/backup_repos_list.txt"
+
+readarray -t REPO_LIST < "$REPO_FILE"
+for REPO_URL in "${REPO_LIST[@]}"; do
+  REPO_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$REPO_URL")
+  REPO_DIR="$TARGET_DIR/$REPO_NAME"
+  if [ -d "$REPO_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Updating repository: $REPO_NAME"
+    git -C "$REPO_DIR" pull
+  else
+    echo "Cloning repository: $REPO_NAME"
+    git clone "$REPO_URL" "$REPO_DIR"
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/bin/restic_backup_firecuda b/bin/restic_backup_firecuda
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..182d7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/restic_backup_firecuda
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Seagate backup
+# ensure the repo is set up via:
+# restic init --repo /media/max/Seagate/restic/
+
+. ~/.dotfiles/secrets/passwords/restic
+
+export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=/media/max/Seagate/restic
+export RESTIC_PASSWORD=$PWD_SEAGATE_FIRECUDA
+
+# TODO stop syncthing
+
+bash ~/.dotfiles/bin/pull_repo_list_to_backup
+restic backup --option compression=max --files-from ~/.dotfiles/secrets/backup_dirs_list.txt
+
+# TODO start syncthing
diff --git a/bin/restic_backup_local b/bin/restic_backup_local
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7f62a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/restic_backup_local
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Local backup
+# ensure the repo is set up via:
+# restic init --repo /home/max/repos/tools/restic
+
+. ~/.dotfiles/secrets/passwords/restic
+
+export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=/home/max/repos/tools/restic
+export RESTIC_PASSWORD=$PWD_LOCAL
+
+# TODO stop syncthing
+
+bash ~/.dotfiles/bin/pull_repo_list_to_backup
+restic backup --option compression=max --files-from ~/.dotfiles/secrets/backup_dirs_list.txt
+
+# TODO start syncthing