Top 23 Shell Backup Projects

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1. 90DaysOfDevOps

   1 59 29,788 5.8 Shell

   This repository started out as a learning in public project for myself and has now become a structured learning map for many in the community. We have 3 years under our belt covering all things DevOps, including Principles, Processes, Tooling and Use Cases surrounding this vast topic.

   

   Project mention: 10 GitHub Repositories That Will Actually Teach You DevOps in 2026 | dev.to | 2026-05-05

   github.com/MichaelCade/90DaysOfDevOps. 29k stars. Three years of community-curated 90-day plans.

2. AppSignal

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   Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

   

3. Bash-Snippets

   2 4 9,936 3.7 Shell

   A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users

   

4. across

   3 1 5,373 6.8 Shell

   Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner in the world

   

   Project mention: The Complete 2026 VPS Benchmark Script Collection: One-Click Speed Tests, Return-Route Tracing, and IP Quality Checks | dev.to | 2026-10-01

   wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/teddysun/across/raw/master/unixbench.sh chmod +x unixbench.sh ./unixbench.sh

5. rsync-time-backup

   4 19 3,607 2.6 Shell

   Time Machine style backup with rsync.

   

   Project mention: Time Machine-style Backups with rsync (2018) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-01

6. dotfiles

   5 5 2,725 7.4 Shell

   Get started with your own dotfiles. (by driesvints)

   

   Project mention: Testable Dotfiles Management: Building Development Environment with Chezmoi | dev.to | 2025-10-06

   Getting started with dotfiles (D. Vints)

7. docker-postgres-backup-local

   6 7 1,203 3.2 Shell

   Backup PostgresSQL to local filesystem with periodic backups and rotate backups.

   

8. raspiBackup

   7 5 1,030 9.5 Shell

   Create and keep multiple backup versions of your running Raspberries

   

9. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

10. linux-timemachine

    8 11 841 0.0 Shell

    Rsync-based OSX-like time machine for Linux, MacOS and BSD for atomic and resumable local and remote backups

    

11. restic-automatic-backup-scheduler

    9 2 663 3.3 Shell

    Automatic restic backup using Backblaze B2 storage and either Linux systemd timers, macOS LaunchAgent, Windows ScheduledTask or simply cron.

    

12. backblaze-personal-wine-container

    10 12 650 5.4 Shell

    Run the Backblaze personal backup client in a docker container

    

13. docker-mc-backup

    11 3 547 8.0 Shell

    Provides a side-car container to backup itzg/minecraft-server server data

    

14. Klipper-Backup

    12 3 522 3.5 Shell

    Klipper-Backup is a script for manual or automated Klipper GitHub backups. It's lightweight, pragmatic and comfortable.

    

15. kube-backup

    13 1 494 0.0 Shell

    :floppy_disk: Kubernetes resource state sync to git

    

16. docker-vackup

    14 9 493 3.8 Shell

    Script to easily backup and restore docker volumes

    

17. docker-gphotos-sync

    15 6 478 2.5 Shell

    A Docker image for synchronizing your original-quality Google Photos

    

18. restic-backup-docker

    16 1 431 5.5 Shell

    A docker container to automate backups with restic

    

19. kube-dump

    17 1 354 0.0 Shell

    Backup a Kubernetes cluster as a yaml manifest

    

20. Docker-7DaysToDie

    18 4 323 7.7 Shell

    7 days to die server using LinuxGSM in Docker with backups, monitor, auto-installable mods and more

    

21. proxmox_toolbox

    19 6 319 2.2 Shell

    A toolbox to get the firsts configurations of Proxmox VE / BS done in no time

    

22. proxmox-tools

    20 3 302 3.3 Shell

    📦 A collection of stuff that I and others wrote for Proxmox 📦

    

23. docker-s3-volume

    21 1 278 0.0 Shell

    Docker container with a data volume from s3.

    

24. minecraft-backup

    22 2 250 5.1 Shell

    Backup script for Minecraft servers on Linux. Supports screen, tmux, RCON, and docker. Supports tar and restic backup format.

    

25. elephant-shed

    23 1 230 6.1 Shell

    PostgreSQL Management Appliance

    

26. SaaSHub

    www.saashub.com sponsored

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    

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