Bup
Very efficient backup system based on the git packfile format, providing fast incremental saves and global deduplication (among and within files, including virtual machine images). Please post problems or patches to the mailing list for discussion (see the end of the README below). (by bup)
rdedup
Data deduplication engine, supporting optional compression and public key encryption. (by dpc)
| Bup | rdedup | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 5 | |
| 7,077 | 820 | |
| 0.1% | - | |
| 7.7 | 2.6 | |
| about 1 month ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Python | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Bup
Posts with mentions or reviews of Bup.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-28.
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GitMounter: A FUSE filesystem for Git repositories
The presented idea (one folder per commit, as FUSE fs) seems indeed largely impractical.
But there are good uses for mountable "git like" repos. For example for backup systems.
https://github.com/bup/bup
- Bup – Backup system based on Git
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Framework Laptop 16 Deep Dive - Memory and Storage
For example bup
- Manjaro / KDE — hard to dislike
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How to log only the content that has been changed in a file?
https://github.com/bup/bup ?
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duplicati has crossed me for the last time; looking for other recovery options to back up my system and docker containers (databases + configs)
Recently testing bup https://bup.github.io
- Show HN: We scaled Git to support 1 TB repos
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The various scripts I use to back up my home computers using SSH and rsync
You may really like https://github.com/bup/bup if you want something a bit more modern but in the same style
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Any plans for kernel version in the future?
That's really good to hear! They got a (well deserved!) 100M investment recently. I didn't know it until recently, but apenwarr made some of my favourite tools (sshuttle, bup) and now tailscale! If you come across the podcast again, please post the link, I'd love to listen to it.
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What is the best way to back up a dual-booting Windows and Linux PC?
https://bup.github.io/
rdedup
Posts with mentions or reviews of rdedup.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-24.
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Announcing rustic - fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups powered by Rust
I'm not really doing much about it anymore, but I have somewhat similar project: https://github.com/dpc/rdedup
- Restic: Backups Done Right
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Fastest way to write and delete files?
I'm the author of https://github.com/dpc/rdedup . Threads is your answer. Make a large threadpool, process IO in it, use channels to submit work and responses if need.
- Deduplicating Archiver with Compression and Encryption
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Encrypted Backup Shootout
rdedup (rust) - https://github.com/dpc/rdedup
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Bup and rdedup you can also consider the following projects:
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program
Rsnapshot - a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss)
Duplicity - Unnoficial fork of Duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup
bupstash - Easy and efficient encrypted backups.
tarsnap - Command-line client code for Tarsnap.
Rdiff-backup - Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally.
lrzip - Long Range Zip
Kup Backup System - A backup scheduler for KDE's Plasma desktop
ludusavi - Backup tool for PC game saves