ZBackup
ZBackup, a versatile deduplicating backup tool (by zbackup)
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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4 | 20 | |
828 | 7,077 | |
0.0% | 0.1% | |
0.0 | 7.7 | |
almost 2 years ago | 18 days ago | |
C++ | Python | |
- | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
ZBackup
Posts with mentions or reviews of ZBackup.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-05.
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Does anyone use zbackup to compress your backups?
I've been doing semi-regular backups with mintbackup, but it's gotten to the point where my backups are filling up the drive even when I gzip them individually. Because these backups contain a bunch of the same files over and over again, I looked for a way to de-duplicate the backups and I landed on zbackup. It looks like it does what I want and my tests are promising, but I wanted to know if there were any caveats or if there are any better solutions out there.
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Restoring a removed package to a local repo - simple notes for future reference
[I] app-backup/zbackup [1] Available versions: (~)1.4.4-r2 **9999 {tartool} Installed versions: 1.4.4-r2(09:57:06 02/07/21)(tartool) Homepage: https://github.com/zbackup/zbackup Description: A versatile deduplicating backup tool
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How do you guys backup your linux machines to a NAS?
I use zbackup which is quite similar in concept to Borg (doesn't offer mountable images tho) with cron jobs such as the bash script below which backs up all the root folders except for selected things like /dev
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Any good software to manage automatic hard drive backups?
I use zbackup ("globally-deduplicating backup tool, based on the ideas found in rsync") from a cron job which saves more space than just using links (ie it can recognise moved files, renamed files, and files that are only partially edited).
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.
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GitMounter: A FUSE filesystem for Git repositories
The presented idea (one folder per commit, as FUSE fs) seems indeed largely impractical.
But there are good uses for mountable "git like" repos. For example for backup systems.
https://github.com/bup/bup
- Bup – Backup system based on Git
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Framework Laptop 16 Deep Dive - Memory and Storage
For example bup
- Manjaro / KDE — hard to dislike
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How to log only the content that has been changed in a file?
https://github.com/bup/bup ?
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duplicati has crossed me for the last time; looking for other recovery options to back up my system and docker containers (databases + configs)
Recently testing bup https://bup.github.io
- Show HN: We scaled Git to support 1 TB repos
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The various scripts I use to back up my home computers using SSH and rsync
You may really like https://github.com/bup/bup if you want something a bit more modern but in the same style
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Any plans for kernel version in the future?
That's really good to hear! They got a (well deserved!) 100M investment recently. I didn't know it until recently, but apenwarr made some of my favourite tools (sshuttle, bup) and now tailscale! If you come across the podcast again, please post the link, I'd love to listen to it.
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What is the best way to back up a dual-booting Windows and Linux PC?
https://bup.github.io/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ZBackup and Bup you can also consider the following projects:
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program
Duplicity - Unnoficial fork of Duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup
Attic - Deduplicating backup program
bupstash - Easy and efficient encrypted backups.
UrBackup - UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux
Rdiff-backup - Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally.
Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!
Kup Backup System - A backup scheduler for KDE's Plasma desktop