Rsnapshot VS BorgBackup

Compare Rsnapshot vs BorgBackup 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)

BorgBackup

Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption. (by borgbackup)
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Rsnapshot BorgBackup
72 333
3,073 10,506
1.2% 2.0%
6.0 9.5
4 months ago 16 days ago
Perl Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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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.

BorgBackup

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

What are some alternatives?

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

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.

Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program

Duplicity - Unnoficial fork of Duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup

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

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

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

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

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.