Lsyncd
Lsyncd (Live Syncing Daemon) synchronizes local directories with remote targets (by lsyncd)
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. (by teejee2008)
| Lsyncd | TimeShift | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 142 | |
| 5,593 | 4,441 | |
| 0.5% | - | |
| 2.0 | 4.7 | |
| 3 months ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Lua | Vala | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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.
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Ask r/kubernetes: What are you working on this week?
I've discovered inotify-tools and lsyncd as options and POC proves that it's possible to detect filesystem changes on a shared emptydir in a pod. Now it's just time to truly prove it out.
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Syncing NASes
Try lsnyncd .
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Script to move files from one host to another
https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd might work for you.
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Ceph, HDFS, SeaweedFS...Mounted as a volume using RClone for file sotrage. What would be the benefits compared to WebDAV?
Here is the github link, will explain how to use it: https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd
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sync all data between two machines
I found lsyncd on my research, I'll take a look at rclone, also thanks for the bitwarden link I wanted to do it as well.
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HOMELAB - Help on decide backup architecture
If so, bidirectional file sync can be implemented using lsyncd on top of rsync https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd
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Backing up a backup
To sync files between NAS hosts/network locations, you can use rsync. It allows synchronizing files and folders, building a 1:1 data structure. https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/rsync.1.html If you need bidirectional file sync, you can use lsyncd on top of rsync https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd
- Regular incremental backups of millions of files?
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Syncing laptop and desktop - best method?
Actually, you can use lsyncd to configure automatic bidirectional file synchronization between your workstations. https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd
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Is there a backup software that supports differential backup/sync?
To sync files between two disks, you can use rsync. It allows synchronizing files and folders, building a 1:1 data structure. On top of rsync, Lsyncd allows configuring automatic bidirectional file synchronization if needed. https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd If you need a GUI-based tool, you can use FreeFileSync, Syncthing, MSP360. They also allow you to perform differential sync between two drives. https://www.vmwareblog.org/single-cloud-enough-secure-backups-5-cool-cross-cloud-solutions-consider/
TimeShift
Posts with mentions or reviews of TimeShift.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-27.
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Need a way to use BTRFS snapshots for system backups? Use BTRFS assistant, not Timeshift!
The previous developer of timeshift—Tony George (GitHub) — has been the developer since 2017 (based on GitHub version history), and has recently handed off development to the Linux Mint team.
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How do you do backups of your drives?
I use both timeshift & duplicity
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Timeshift - User Home Directories, Exclude All Files or Include All Files?
Don't believe me or u/acejavelin69 - read what the developer has to say about user data and why it is disabled by default. https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift
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Mysterious Timeshift update
Version v22.06.6 Latest
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set up timeshift on fedora 37
The original dev used ubuntu and only wanted to support the default ubuntu layout: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/821
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System backup software question.
What system backup software can you recommend? In the past on Ubuntu I tested Timeshift, and it looks really cool. But the "main problem" is thing, that some options not work in Fedora: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift, specifically BTRFS. What does it mean, this is a problem?
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Backup solution before system upgrade to Fedora 37
- [Timeshift](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) or [Deja Dup](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DejaDup) and back-up everything.
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How to include /root and /home/user in timeshift snapshots
What I tried is to add "exclude" : [ "+ /home/user1/**", "+ /root/**", "+ /home/user2/**", ], to /etc/timeshift.json as per this post but the files within those folders still aren't included in the backup.
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Ubuntu 22.10 Timeshift
Releases · teejee2008/timeshift Was fixed. Get PPA from that repo to have the latest release.
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Best configuration for bare hypervisor distro FOR DESKTOP VMs
Are you sure you need a full on virtual machine, rather than a system snapshotting tool like Snapper or Timeshift?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Lsyncd and TimeShift you can also consider the following projects:
restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program
Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back
watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications
Duplicacy - A new generation cloud backup tool
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
Backup - Easy full stack backup operations on UNIX-like systems.
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)
Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!