Introduction

During my (@fd0) research before starting restic I've tested a lot of different backup programs. However, even after working in this space for a few years, I still stumble across backup solutions I didn't know about.

In this repository, I'd like to collect backup solutions and eventually end up with an exhaustive list of backup software. The criteria for inclusion are:

• Free Software (not just Open Source)
• Does not require custom network/cloud service to operate (sorry, tarsnap)
• Works on Linux
• Is a dedicated to backup (sorry, perkeep)

If you know other backup solutions that fit the criteria above, please create a pull request!

Note:

A lot of FOSS backup solutions are merely shells on top of rsync and/or duplicity. Perhaps these should have a category of their own, or a tag?

TODO

In the future we plan to provide benchmarks using fakedatafs and a table to sort by the tag categories.

If anyone wants to help out, please submit a PR with your contribution.

List of Backup Software

Tags used below:

• authenticated: Uses cryptographic signatures or MAC tags to ensure integrity
• compression: Storage with compression
• dedup: Supports deduplication
• encrypted: Supports encrypting data locally (stored encrypted on the backup medium)
• error-correction: Supports reconstructing data in scenarios x-of-n backup media are lost
• filesystem: Backups are stored on a regular filesystem in plaintext, maintaining the original directory structure. Specifically, no blob abstractions are used for storage, and no specialized fuse-layer is required to read the backups.
• gcs: Supports Google Cloud Storage
• golang: Written in Go
• gpg: Uses GPG for the underlying encryption
• incremental: Support for incremental backups (through deltas or local deduplication)
• perl: Written in Perl
• python: Written in Python
• review: Needs to be reviewed by the authors of this list in order to revise the tags assigned here.
• rsync: Uses rsync or librsync
• rust: Written in Rust
• s3: Supports Amazon S3-compatible backends
• ssh: Supports SFTP/SCP backends
• unmaintained: Looks unmaintained / dead
• webdav: Supports WebDAV backends

The following list is sorted alphabetically:

• amanda compression,incremental,ssh
• areca review
• Asuran rust,dedup,encrypted,compression,authenticated
• attic review,dedup,encrypted,python,authenticated,unmaintained
• Arqinator review
• backshift review,ssh
• bacula review
• Back In Time incremental,filesystem,python,rsync,ssh
• backup review
• backup2l review
• BackupPC review,compression,dedup,incremental,perl,rsync,ssh
• Backups-Done-Right review
• Backy2 compression,dedup,incremental,python,review
• bareos review
• BlobSnap review,golang,incremental,dedup,unmaintained
• borg review,compression,dedup,incremental,encrypted,python,authenticated
• boxbackup review
• brackup review,dedup,encrypted,gpg,perl,unmaintained
• btar review
• btbrk review
• bup review,dedup,incremental,error-correction
• bupstash compression,dedup,encrypted,incremental,rust,authenticated
• burp review
• cedar-backup3 review,python
• chop-backup/libchop review
• cronopete review,incremental,like timemachine from apple
• dar review,incremental,encrypted,compression
• ddar review
• deltaic review
• duplicati compression,dedup,encrypted,incremental,s3,ssh,gpg
• duplicity review,encrypted,gpg,s3,rsync,compression,python,ssh
• fwbackups review
• FreeFileSync review,incremental
• Frost review,encrypted,dedup,unmaintained
• git-annex review
• hashbackup review
• hdup2 review,gpg,ssh,unmaintained
• hindsight review,unmaintained
• kebab review,golang,unmaintained
• knoxite review,golang,dedup,encrypted,authenticated,incremental,error-correction,compression,s3,gcs,ssh,webdav
• kopia api,authenticated,compression,dedup,encryption,gcs,golang,incremental,s3,webdav,web-ui
• obnam unmaintained,encrypted,gpg
• ori review
• preserve review,rust,dedup,encrypted,unmaintained
• pukcab review,golang,unmaintained
• PyHardLinkBackup dedup,python,incremental
• rdiff-backup review,incremental,ssh,compression
• rdedup review,dedup,rust,encrypted
• rdup review
• restic review,golang,encrypted,authenticated,dedup,incremental,ssh,s3
• rsbackup review,rsync,filesystem,ssh
• rsnapshot perl,rsync,filesystem,ssh
• scat go,dedup,encrypted,error-correction,unmaintained
• shield
• snaprd golang,rsync,filesystem,unmaintained
• snebu review
• s3git review,golang,incremental,dedup,s3,unmaintained
• storeBackup review,unmaintained
• Tardis review,python
• TimeShift rsync,filesystem (aimed at system files, not user data. supports BTRFS snapshots as alternative to rsync+hardlink-incremental/filesystem storage)
• TimeVault unmaintained,python,incremental,filesystem
• ugarit review
• unison review
• urbackup review
• veb review,golang,incremental,unmaintained
• zbackup review,incremental,dedup,encrypted,compression
• zpaq review,incremental,dedup,encrypted,compression,unmaintained
• zVault incremental,dedup,encrypted,compression,rust,unmaintained

List of wrappers or helper tools:

• autorestic golang,restic
• borgmatic review,borg
• backupninja borg,bup,duplicity,dsync,rdiff-backup,restic(WIP),rsnapshot,rsync,tar
• deja-dup review,duplicity
• duply review,duplicity
• runrestic python,restic