Pluton is a self-hosted, open-source backup application that wraps restic and rclone to provide scheduled, encrypted backups to a wide variety of cloud and local storage providers. The system is built as a full-stack monorepo with a Node.js/Express backend (TypeScript) and a React frontend (Vite), communicating via REST APIs. It manages backup plans, devices, storage locations, and restore operations through a web dashboard, with support for replication, retention policies, integrity checks, and multi-channel notifications (email, Slack, Discord, push). The architecture follows a layered pattern: controllers handle HTTP requests, services orchestrate business logic, stores encapsulate database access (SQLite via Drizzle ORM), and managers/strategies handle execution of backup, restore, and system operations using restic and rclone as child processes. A job queue with cron scheduling drives automated backups, and event emitters decouple progress tracking and notification dispatch. The frontend provides a rich UI with virtualized file browsers, snapshot viewers, and step-by-step wizards for plan creation and restore. The codebase is well-structured with extensive unit tests, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-platform installers (Docker, Linux AppImage, macOS, Windows).