diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7862ca0..2a4c079 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BUN_VERSION="1.3.1"
 
 FROM oven/bun:${BUN_VERSION}-alpine AS base
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache davfs2=1.6.1-r2
+RUN apk add --no-cache davfs2=1.6.1-r2 openssh-client
 
 
 # ------------------------------
diff --git a/app/client/components/create-repository-form.tsx b/app/client/components/create-repository-form.tsx
index 4c511e3..fd1cfaa 100644
--- a/app/client/components/create-repository-form.tsx
+++ b/app/client/components/create-repository-form.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 	AlertDialogHeader,
 	AlertDialogTitle,
 } from "./ui/alert-dialog";
+import { Textarea } from "./ui/textarea";
 
 export const formSchema = type({
 	name: "2<=string<=32",
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ const defaultValuesForType = {
 	azure: { backend: "azure" as const, compressionMode: "auto" as const },
 	rclone: { backend: "rclone" as const, compressionMode: "auto" as const },
 	rest: { backend: "rest" as const, compressionMode: "auto" as const },
+	sftp: { backend: "sftp" as const, compressionMode: "auto" as const, port: 22 },
 };
 
 export const CreateRepositoryForm = ({
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ export const CreateRepositoryForm = ({
 									<SelectItem value="gcs">Google Cloud Storage</SelectItem>
 									<SelectItem value="azure">Azure Blob Storage</SelectItem>
 									<SelectItem value="rest">REST Server</SelectItem>
+									<SelectItem value="sftp">SFTP</SelectItem>
 									<Tooltip>
 										<TooltipTrigger>
 											<SelectItem disabled={!capabilities.rclone} value="rclone">
@@ -268,18 +271,11 @@ export const CreateRepositoryForm = ({
 								<div className="flex-1 text-sm font-mono bg-muted px-3 py-2 rounded-md border">
 									{form.watch("path") || "/var/lib/zerobyte/repositories"}
 								</div>
-								<Button
-									type="button"
-									variant="outline"
-									onClick={() => setShowPathWarning(true)}
-									size="sm"
-								>
+								<Button type="button" variant="outline" onClick={() => setShowPathWarning(true)} size="sm">
 									Change
 								</Button>
 							</div>
-							<FormDescription>
-								The directory where the repository will be stored.
-							</FormDescription>
+							<FormDescription>The directory where the repository will be stored.</FormDescription>
 						</FormItem>
 
 						<AlertDialog open={showPathWarning} onOpenChange={setShowPathWarning}>
@@ -290,13 +286,9 @@ export const CreateRepositoryForm = ({
 										Important: Host Mount Required
 									</AlertDialogTitle>
 									<AlertDialogDescription className="space-y-3">
-										<p>
-											When selecting a custom path, ensure it is mounted from the host machine into the
-											container.
-										</p>
+										<p>When selecting a custom path, ensure it is mounted from the host machine into the container.</p>
 										<p className="font-medium">
-											If the path is not a host mount, you will lose your repository data when the container
-											restarts.
+											If the path is not a host mount, you will lose your repository data when the container restarts.
 										</p>
 										<p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
 											The default path <code className="bg-muted px-1 rounded">/var/lib/zerobyte/repositories</code> is
@@ -703,6 +695,89 @@ export const CreateRepositoryForm = ({
 					</>
 				)}
 
+				{watchedBackend === "sftp" && (
+					<>
+						<FormField
+							control={form.control}
+							name="host"
+							render={({ field }) => (
+								<FormItem>
+									<FormLabel>Host</FormLabel>
+									<FormControl>
+										<Input placeholder="192.168.1.100" {...field} />
+									</FormControl>
+									<FormDescription>SFTP server hostname or IP address.</FormDescription>
+									<FormMessage />
+								</FormItem>
+							)}
+						/>
+						<FormField
+							control={form.control}
+							name="port"
+							render={({ field }) => (
+								<FormItem>
+									<FormLabel>Port</FormLabel>
+									<FormControl>
+										<Input
+											type="number"
+											placeholder="22"
+											{...field}
+											onChange={(e) => field.onChange(parseInt(e.target.value, 10))}
+										/>
+									</FormControl>
+									<FormDescription>SSH port (default: 22).</FormDescription>
+									<FormMessage />
+								</FormItem>
+							)}
+						/>
+						<FormField
+							control={form.control}
+							name="user"
+							render={({ field }) => (
+								<FormItem>
+									<FormLabel>User</FormLabel>
+									<FormControl>
+										<Input placeholder="backup-user" {...field} />
+									</FormControl>
+									<FormDescription>SSH username for authentication.</FormDescription>
+									<FormMessage />
+								</FormItem>
+							)}
+						/>
+						<FormField
+							control={form.control}
+							name="path"
+							render={({ field }) => (
+								<FormItem>
+									<FormLabel>Path</FormLabel>
+									<FormControl>
+										<Input placeholder="backups/ironmount" {...field} />
+									</FormControl>
+									<FormDescription>Repository path on the SFTP server. </FormDescription>
+									<FormMessage />
+								</FormItem>
+							)}
+						/>
+						<FormField
+							control={form.control}
+							name="privateKey"
+							render={({ field }) => (
+								<FormItem>
+									<FormLabel>SSH Private Key</FormLabel>
+									<FormControl>
+										<Textarea
+											{...field}
+											placeholder="-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----&#10;...&#10;-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----"
+										/>
+									</FormControl>
+									<FormDescription>Paste the contents of your SSH private key.</FormDescription>
+									<FormMessage />
+								</FormItem>
+							)}
+						/>
+					</>
+				)}
+
 				{mode === "update" && (
 					<Button type="submit" className="w-full" loading={loading}>
 						Save Changes
diff --git a/app/client/components/create-volume-form.tsx b/app/client/components/create-volume-form.tsx
index 6f2f301..669bd2e 100644
--- a/app/client/components/create-volume-form.tsx
+++ b/app/client/components/create-volume-form.tsx
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export const CreateVolumeForm = ({ onSubmit, mode = "create", initialValues, for
 					</>
 				)}
 
-				{watchedBackend !== "directory" && (
+				{watchedBackend && watchedBackend !== "directory" && (
 					<div className="space-y-3">
 						<div className="flex items-center gap-2">
 							<Button
diff --git a/app/client/components/repository-icon.tsx b/app/client/components/repository-icon.tsx
index 62a72dd..e28286c 100644
--- a/app/client/components/repository-icon.tsx
+++ b/app/client/components/repository-icon.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const RepositoryIcon = ({ backend, className = "h-4 w-4" }: Props) => {
 		case "gcs":
 			return <Cloud className={className} />;
 		case "rest":
+		case "sftp":
 			return <Server className={className} />;
 		default:
 			return <Database className={className} />;
diff --git a/app/client/modules/repositories/routes/repository-details.tsx b/app/client/modules/repositories/routes/repository-details.tsx
index 86b590d..394b7d7 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/repositories/routes/repository-details.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/repositories/routes/repository-details.tsx
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ export default function RepositoryDetailsPage({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentPro
 					<AlertDialogHeader>
 						<AlertDialogTitle>Delete repository?</AlertDialogTitle>
 						<AlertDialogDescription>
-							Are you sure you want to delete the repository <strong>{data.name}</strong>? This action cannot be undone
-							and will remove all backup data.
+							Are you sure you want to delete the repository <strong>{data.name}</strong>? This will not remove the
+							actual data from the backend storage, only the repository configuration will be deleted.
 						</AlertDialogDescription>
 					</AlertDialogHeader>
 					<div className="flex gap-3 justify-end">
diff --git a/app/schemas/restic.ts b/app/schemas/restic.ts
index 268a916..f378159 100644
--- a/app/schemas/restic.ts
+++ b/app/schemas/restic.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const REPOSITORY_BACKENDS = {
 	azure: "azure",
 	rclone: "rclone",
 	rest: "rest",
+	sftp: "sftp",
 } as const;
 
 export type RepositoryBackend = keyof typeof REPOSITORY_BACKENDS;
@@ -69,13 +70,23 @@ export const restRepositoryConfigSchema = type({
 	path: "string?",
 }).and(baseRepositoryConfigSchema);
 
+export const sftpRepositoryConfigSchema = type({
+	backend: "'sftp'",
+	host: "string",
+	port: type("string.integer").or(type("number")).to("1 <= number <= 65535").default(22),
+	user: "string",
+	path: "string",
+	privateKey: "string",
+}).and(baseRepositoryConfigSchema);
+
 export const repositoryConfigSchema = s3RepositoryConfigSchema
 	.or(r2RepositoryConfigSchema)
 	.or(localRepositoryConfigSchema)
 	.or(gcsRepositoryConfigSchema)
 	.or(azureRepositoryConfigSchema)
 	.or(rcloneRepositoryConfigSchema)
-	.or(restRepositoryConfigSchema);
+	.or(restRepositoryConfigSchema)
+	.or(sftpRepositoryConfigSchema);
 
 export type RepositoryConfig = typeof repositoryConfigSchema.infer;
 
diff --git a/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.service.ts b/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.service.ts
index 41a9010..779c5df 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.service.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ const encryptConfig = async (config: RepositoryConfig): Promise<RepositoryConfig
 				encryptedConfig.password = await cryptoUtils.encrypt(config.password);
 			}
 			break;
+		case "sftp":
+			encryptedConfig.privateKey = await cryptoUtils.encrypt(config.privateKey);
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return encryptedConfig as RepositoryConfig;
diff --git a/app/server/utils/restic.ts b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
index cc11c27..ac91316 100644
--- a/app/server/utils/restic.ts
+++ b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ const buildRepoUrl = (config: RepositoryConfig): string => {
 			const path = config.path ? `/${config.path}` : "";
 			return `rest:${config.url}${path}`;
 		}
+		case "sftp":
+			return `sftp:${config.user}@${config.host}:${config.path}`;
 		default: {
 			throw new Error(`Unsupported repository backend: ${JSON.stringify(config)}`);
 		}
@@ -146,6 +148,43 @@ const buildEnv = async (config: RepositoryConfig) => {
 			}
 			break;
 		}
+		case "sftp": {
+			const decryptedKey = await cryptoUtils.decrypt(config.privateKey);
+			const keyPath = path.join("/tmp", `ironmount-ssh-${crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}`);
+
+			let normalizedKey = decryptedKey.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
+			if (!normalizedKey.endsWith("\n")) {
+				normalizedKey += "\n";
+			}
+
+			if (normalizedKey.includes("ENCRYPTED")) {
+				logger.error("SFTP: Private key appears to be passphrase-protected. Please use an unencrypted key.");
+				throw new Error("Passphrase-protected SSH keys are not supported. Please provide an unencrypted private key.");
+			}
+
+			await fs.writeFile(keyPath, normalizedKey, { mode: 0o600 });
+
+			env._SFTP_KEY_PATH = keyPath;
+
+			const sshArgs = [
+				"-o",
+				"StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
+				"-o",
+				"UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
+				"-o",
+				"LogLevel=VERBOSE",
+				"-i",
+				keyPath,
+			];
+
+			if (config.port && config.port !== 22) {
+				sshArgs.push("-p", String(config.port));
+			}
+
+			env._SFTP_SSH_ARGS = sshArgs.join(" ");
+			logger.info(`SFTP: SSH args: ${env._SFTP_SSH_ARGS}`);
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return env;
@@ -160,7 +199,11 @@ const init = async (config: RepositoryConfig) => {
 
 	const env = await buildEnv(config);
 
-	const res = await $`restic init --repo ${repoUrl} --json`.env(env).nothrow();
+	const args = ["init", "--repo", repoUrl, "--json"];
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
+
+	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic init failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -225,6 +268,7 @@ const backup = async (
 		}
 	}
 
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
 	args.push("--json");
 
 	const logData = throttle((data: string) => {
@@ -265,6 +309,7 @@ const backup = async (
 		},
 		finally: async () => {
 			includeFile && (await fs.unlink(includeFile).catch(() => {}));
+			await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 		},
 	});
 
@@ -335,11 +380,13 @@ const restore = async (
 		}
 	}
 
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
 	args.push("--json");
 
 	console.log("Restic restore command:", ["restic", ...args].join(" "));
 
 	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic restore failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -397,9 +444,11 @@ const snapshots = async (config: RepositoryConfig, options: { tags?: string[] }
 		}
 	}
 
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
 	args.push("--json");
 
 	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow().quiet();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic snapshots retrieval failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -445,9 +494,11 @@ const forget = async (config: RepositoryConfig, options: RetentionPolicy, extra:
 	}
 
 	args.push("--prune");
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
 	args.push("--json");
 
 	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic forget failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -462,8 +513,10 @@ const deleteSnapshot = async (config: RepositoryConfig, snapshotId: string) => {
 	const env = await buildEnv(config);
 
 	const args: string[] = ["--repo", repoUrl, "forget", snapshotId, "--prune"];
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
 
 	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic snapshot deletion failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -510,7 +563,10 @@ const ls = async (config: RepositoryConfig, snapshotId: string, path?: string) =
 		args.push(path);
 	}
 
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
+
 	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow().quiet();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic ls failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -557,7 +613,11 @@ const unlock = async (config: RepositoryConfig) => {
 	const repoUrl = buildRepoUrl(config);
 	const env = await buildEnv(config);
 
-	const res = await $`restic unlock --repo ${repoUrl} --remove-all --json`.env(env).nothrow();
+	const args = ["unlock", "--repo", repoUrl, "--remove-all", "--json"];
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
+
+	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
 		logger.error(`Restic unlock failed: ${res.stderr}`);
@@ -578,7 +638,10 @@ const check = async (config: RepositoryConfig, options?: { readData?: boolean })
 		args.push("--read-data");
 	}
 
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
+
 	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	const stdout = res.text();
 	const stderr = res.stderr.toString();
@@ -608,7 +671,11 @@ const repairIndex = async (config: RepositoryConfig) => {
 	const repoUrl = buildRepoUrl(config);
 	const env = await buildEnv(config);
 
-	const res = await $`restic repair index --repo ${repoUrl}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	const args = ["repair", "index", "--repo", repoUrl];
+	addRepoSpecificArgs(args, config, env);
+
+	const res = await $`restic ${args}`.env(env).nothrow();
+	await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 
 	const stdout = res.text();
 	const stderr = res.stderr.toString();
@@ -626,6 +693,22 @@ const repairIndex = async (config: RepositoryConfig) => {
 	};
 };
 
+const addRepoSpecificArgs = (args: string[], config: RepositoryConfig, env: Record<string, string>) => {
+	if (config.backend === "sftp" && env._SFTP_SSH_ARGS) {
+		args.push("-o", `sftp.args=${env._SFTP_SSH_ARGS}`);
+	}
+};
+
+const cleanupTemporaryKeys = async (config: RepositoryConfig, env: Record<string, string>) => {
+	if (config.backend === "sftp" && env._SFTP_KEY_PATH) {
+		await fs.unlink(env._SFTP_KEY_PATH).catch(() => {});
+	} else if (config.isExistingRepository && config.customPassword && env.RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE) {
+		await fs.unlink(env.RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE).catch(() => {});
+	} else if (config.backend === "gcs" && env.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS) {
+		await fs.unlink(env.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS).catch(() => {});
+	}
+};
+
 export const restic = {
 	ensurePassfile,
 	init,