Use a MikroTik script to generate a .rsc file weekly and email it to yourself or upload it to an FTP server.
There are niche commercial tools (e.g., RouterOS Backup Extractor Pro from certain third-party vendors). These typically use a database of known RouterOS binary structures and implement brute-force password cracking (dictionary attacks) using Hashcat integration. mikrotik backup extractor
Once restored, open a terminal and run /export file=readable_config . Use a MikroTik script to generate a
Since modern .backup files (v6.43+) use strong encryption, extracting a backup without a password relies on brute-force attacks. mikrotik backup extractor