Lsyncd VS Rsnapshot

Compare Lsyncd vs Rsnapshot and see what are their differences.

Lsyncd

Lsyncd (Live Syncing Daemon) synchronizes local directories with remote targets (by lsyncd)

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) (by rsnapshot)
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Lsyncd Rsnapshot
19 72
5,589 3,080
0.8% 1.4%
2.0 5.1
3 months ago 10 days ago
Lua Perl
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Lsyncd

Posts with mentions or reviews of Lsyncd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-05.

Rsnapshot

Posts with mentions or reviews of Rsnapshot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-18.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Lsyncd and Rsnapshot you can also consider the following projects:

restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program

BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.

TimeShift - System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.

Duplicacy - A new generation cloud backup tool

Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back

rclone - "rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files

Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

Backup - Easy full stack backup operations on UNIX-like systems.

Rdiff-backup - Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally.