37kActiveWindows · Mac · LinuxBSD-2-ClauseFor developers
Restic is a backup tool that copies your files to storage you choose and encrypts them so others cannot read them. It is aimed at technical users who run it from a command line.
Duplicati is a free backup program that encrypts your files and stores copies on cloud storage or remote servers. It is for people who want private, regularly scheduled backups of their computer files.
14kActiveWindows · Mac · LinuxBSD-3-ClauseFor developers
BorgBackup is a command-line program that makes encrypted, space-saving backups of your files by storing only what has changed. It is aimed at technical users who want to back up computers or send backups to remote servers.
For developers · GitHub · For technical users
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Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/backup.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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Here is a list of open-source alternatives to Backblaze, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- restic (BSD-2-Clause, https://github.com/restic/restic; replaces fully): Restic is a backup tool that copies your files to storage you choose and encrypts them so others cannot read them. It is aimed at technical users who run it from a command line.
- Duplicati (MIT, https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati; replaces fully): Duplicati is a free backup program that encrypts your files and stores copies on cloud storage or remote servers. It is for people who want private, regularly scheduled backups of their computer files.
- BorgBackup (BSD-3-Clause, https://github.com/borgbackup/borg; replaces fully): BorgBackup is a command-line program that makes encrypted, space-saving backups of your files by storing only what has changed. It is aimed at technical users who want to back up computers or send backups to remote servers.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea: