Top 23 backup-utility Open-Source Projects

• tasmotizer

  11 1,336 4.4 Python

  ESP... The time has come to... Tasmotize!

  

• shallow-backup

  2 1,183 7.4 Python

  Git-integrated backup tool for macOS and Linux devs.

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• Rdiff-backup

  32 1,038 8.3 Python

  Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally.

  

Project mention: Duplicity | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-24

For starters it has a tendency to paint itself into a corner on ENOSPC situations. You won't even be able to perform a restore if a backup was started but unfinished because it ran out of space. There's this process of "regressing" the repo [0] which must occur before you can do practically anything after an interrupted/failed backup. What this actually must do is undo the partial forward progress, by performing what's effectively a restore of the files that got pushed into the future relative to the rest of the repository, which requires more space. Unless you have/can create free space to do these things, it can become wedged... and if it's a dedicated backup system where you've intentionally filled disks up with restore points, you can find yourself having to throw out backups just to make things functional again - even ability to restore is affected.

That's the most obvious glaring problem, beyond that it's just kind of garbage in terms of the amount of space and time it requires to perform restores. Especially restores of files having many reverse-differential increments leading back to the desired restore point. It can require 2X the file's size in spare space to assemble the desired version, while it iteratively reconstructs all the intermediate versions in arriving at the desired version. Unless someone fixed this since I last had to deal with it, which is possible.

Source: Ages ago I worked for a startup[1] that shipped a backup appliance originally implemented by contractors using rdiff-backup. Writing a replacement that didn't suck but was compatible with rdiff-backup's repos consumed several years of my life...

There are far better options in 2024.

[0] https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/master/src...

[1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/axcient

• Bareos

  0 934 9.9 C++

  Bareos is a cross-network Open Source backup solution (licensed under AGPLv3) which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems.

  

• linux-timemachine

  11 752 0.0 Shell

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

• gemini

  3 324 1.5 Go

  Automated backups of PersistentVolumeClaims in Kubernetes using VolumeSnapshots (by FairwindsOps)

  

Project mention: What do you recommend for automated EBS backups for EKS? | /r/kubernetes | 2023-06-26

I found https://github.com/FairwindsOps/gemini but wondering if there are alternatives.

• backblaze-personal-wine-container

  12 315 8.5 Shell

  Run the Backblaze personal backup client in a docker container

Project mention: Backblaze Personal Wine Community Container | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-30

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• nfreezer

  4 304 0.0 Python

  nFreezer is an encrypted-at-rest backup tool.

• virtnbdbackup

  3 271 9.3 Python

  Backup utility for Libvirt / qemu / kvm supporting incremental and differential backups + instant recovery (agentless).

Project mention: virtnbdbackup: Backup utility for Libvirt / qemu / kvm supporting incremental and differential backups + instant recovery. | /r/coolgithubprojects | 2023-05-18

• cli

  1 144 0.0 Shell

  A tiny CLI for HedgeDoc (by hedgedoc)

  

• DriveBackupV2

  1 141 9.1 Java

  Uploads Minecraft backups to Google Drive/OneDrive or by (S)FTP

Project mention: Download world without premium | /r/minehut | 2023-11-02

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• DAR

  5 123 8.9 C++

  DAR - Disk ARchive

Project mention: What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without? | /r/DataHoarder | 2023-05-09

dar is the only tool I know of that supports incremental backups to untrusted remote storage. All the remote sees are giant encrypted blobs.

• wim-backup

  4 35 3.8 C

  Win32-based UI application for backup and restore of Windows-based system images (Windows partition) using Windows Imaging Format (WIM) in WinPE environment.

• cronicle

  1 35 2.6 Python

  Use cron to rotate files and keep time-spaced copies using symlinks. (by Kraymer)

• pgkit

  7 28 7.5 Python

  Pgkit - Backup, PITR and recovery management made easy

Project mention: Versioning data in Postgres? Testing a Git like approach | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-20

• dar-backup

  3 22 8.6 Shell

  Drive the fabulous Disk Archiver for full, differential or incremental backups with error correction + restore test.

• UnmountVolumeAfterTimeMachine

  1 11 7.2 Swift

  Automatically eject USB drives after TimeMachine backup finishes

Project mention: MacOS tools to make your life easier | /r/MacOS | 2023-12-07

This unmounts your time machine drive after backup completes. https://github.com/BrianHenryIE/UnmountVolumeAfterTimeMachine

• TokenCrypt

  2 6 7.4 Shell

  Compress, encrypt, archive. Easy and secure..

• localbackup

  1 6 4.3 TypeScript

  🦄 Make local backups easily and without the hassle.

• k8s-object-dumper

  1 3 5.8 Shell

  Kubernetes object dumper for use as a pre backup command in K8up.

  

• cartridge-backup

  1 2 10.0 Python

  Script to make incremental backups onto multiple, smaller drives from one larger source

• Linux-Desktop-Manager-Backup-Tool

  1 2 0.0 Shell

  Complete desktop backup tool for Linux

• BackMeUp

  5 0 0.0 C#

  Automatic backups for Ubisoft games.

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