Encrypted Backup Shootout

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on news.ycombinator.com

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  • nfreezer

    nFreezer is an encrypted-at-rest backup tool.

  • I created nFreezer ("encrypted freezer") for this purpose at the end of 2020: https://github.com/josephernest/nfreezer.

    Main features:

    * encrypted at rest locally (the data is never decrypted on the remote server)

    * handles file renames / moves (no data is re-sent, save GB of transfer!)

    * single Python file of ~ 250 lines of code. It is easy to read the code and decide if you like/trust it or not

  • lrzip

    Long Range Zip

  • There's also lrzip for large files: https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • 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).

  • Interesting, I've been using bup[1] for years but it looks like bupstash is scratching the same itches I had.

    [1]: https://github.com/bup/bup

  • tarsnap

    Command-line client code for Tarsnap.

  • tarsnap (c) - https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap

  • bupstash

    Easy and efficient encrypted backups.

  • bupstash (rust) - https://github.com/andrewchambers/bupstash

  • BorgBackup

    Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

  • borg (c) - https://github.com/borgbackup/borg

  • Snebu

    Simple Network Encrypting Backup Utility

  • snebu (c) - https://github.com/derekp7/snebu

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • rdedup

    Data deduplication engine, supporting optional compression and public key encryption.

  • rdedup (rust) - https://github.com/dpc/rdedup

  • Duplicati

    Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

  • duplicati (c#) - https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati

  • Duplicacy

    A new generation cloud backup tool

  • duplicacy (go) - https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy

  • duplicity

    mirror of duplicity: https://code.launchpad.net/duplicity

  • duplicity (python) - https://github.com/henrysher/duplicity

  • Attic

    Deduplicating backup program

  • Lets make a list :

      attic (python) - https://github.com/jborg/attic

  • 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.

  • kopia (go) - https://github.com/kopia/kopia

  • rclone

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

  • rclone (go) - https://github.com/rclone/rclone

  • restic

    Fast, secure, efficient backup program

  • restic (go) - https://github.com/restic/restic

  • 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)

  • rsnapshot (perl) - https://github.com/rsnapshot/rsnapshot

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