Lightweight backup solutions

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/archlinux

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  • BorgBackup

    Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

    Have a look at Borg. If needed in combination with borgmatic or Vorta.

  • borgmatic

    Simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations

    Have a look at Borg. If needed in combination with borgmatic or Vorta.

  • 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.

  • gists

    New home for my gists (by ylxdzsw)

    I just rsync everything to a movable disk using its link-dest option to create hard links if possible. This saves a lot of space and I can save 10+ copies of backup of my machine in a disk that is only ~4 times larger than one image. The resulting images are full file system tree that you can simply chroot into. My script fyi https://github.com/ylxdzsw/gists/blob/master/daily/backup

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