restic VS Rsnapshot

Compare restic vs Rsnapshot and see what are their differences.

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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restic Rsnapshot
355 72
23,329 3,049
3.9% 1.1%
9.7 6.0
9 days ago 3 months ago
Go Perl
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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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 2024-03-24.

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 restic and Rsnapshot 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

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.

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

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

UrBackup - UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux

borg - Search and save shell snippets without leaving your terminal

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