diff --git a/cmd/restore.go b/cmd/restore.go
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+++ b/cmd/restore.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var restoreCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "restore [DB]",
+	Short: "Restore key/value pairs from an NDJSON dump",
+	Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+	RunE:  restore,
+}
+
+func restore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	store := &Store{}
+	dbName := "default"
+	if len(args) == 1 {
+		parsed, err := store.parseDB(args[0], false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		dbName = parsed
+	}
+
+	reader, closer, err := restoreInput(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if closer != nil {
+		defer closer.Close()
+	}
+
+	db, err := store.open(dbName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+	buf := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+	scanner.Buffer(buf, 8*1024*1024)
+
+	wb := db.NewWriteBatch()
+	defer wb.Cancel()
+
+	lineNo := 0
+	var restored int
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		lineNo++
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var entry dumpEntry
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(line), &entry); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("line %d: %w", lineNo, err)
+		}
+		if entry.Key == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("line %d: missing key", lineNo)
+		}
+
+		value, err := decodeEntryValue(entry)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("line %d: %w", lineNo, err)
+		}
+
+		if err := wb.Set([]byte(entry.Key), value); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("line %d: %w", lineNo, err)
+		}
+		restored++
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := wb.Flush(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Restored %d entries into @%s\n", restored, dbName)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func restoreInput(cmd *cobra.Command) (io.Reader, io.Closer, error) {
+	filePath, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("file")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(filePath) == "" {
+		return cmd.InOrStdin(), nil, nil
+	}
+	f, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return f, f, nil
+}
+
+func decodeEntryValue(entry dumpEntry) ([]byte, error) {
+	switch entry.Encoding {
+	case "", "text":
+		return []byte(entry.Value), nil
+	case "base64":
+		b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(entry.Value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return b, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported encoding %q", entry.Encoding)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	restoreCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "", "Path to an NDJSON dump (defaults to stdin)")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(restoreCmd)
+}