restic VS Bup

Compare restic vs Bup and see what are their differences.

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)
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restic Bup
357 20
23,706 7,075
2.9% 0.2%
9.7 8.0
7 days ago 7 days ago
Go Python
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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restic

Posts with mentions or reviews of restic. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-04.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing restic and Bup you can also consider the following projects:

BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

Duplicity - Unnoficial fork of Duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup

bupstash - Easy and efficient encrypted backups.

kopia - Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.

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

Duplicacy - A new generation cloud backup tool

Kup Backup System - A backup scheduler for KDE's Plasma desktop

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)

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.