fwbackups Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to fwbackups for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Rescuezilla, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to fwbackups and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to fwbackups are Clonezilla, rsync, CrashPlan and Déjà Dup.

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  1. Rescuezilla icon
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    Free and straightforward disk cloning and imaging software that boots from a USB, supporting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Interoperable with Clonezilla and can recover and extract files. Includes partition editing, undeleting, and NTFS recovery. No installation needed.

    40 Rescuezilla alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  2. Clonezilla icon
     526 likes

    Discover a free, open-source solution for disk imaging and cloning. Clonezilla ensures efficient large-scale deployment by simultaneously cloning over 40 computers. Supports unicasting and multicasting for versatile backup, based on Partclone and more for enhanced speed. Ideal for tech pros.

    73 Clonezilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. rsync icon
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    Utility for Unix file and directory synchronization using delta encoding for efficient transfer, supports compression, incremental backup, remote operation via SSH, customizable filters, permission and timestamp preservation, and daemon mode on TCP 873.

    137 rsync alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
     
  4. CrashPlan icon
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    Provides continuous, automated cloud backup and secure, scalable recovery for business servers, endpoints, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace, protecting critical data from deletion, ransomware, and failure with compliance, threat detection, and easy management features.

    108 CrashPlan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Déjà Dup icon
     80 likes

    Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regularly) and uses Restic behind the scenes.

    91 Déjà Dup alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
     
  6. Duplicacy icon
     16 likes

    Duplicacy is a new generation local and cloud backup tool that supports cross-computer deduplication. It is free for personal use and source code is available to commercial users.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Cronopete icon
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    Cronopete is a backup utility for Linux, modeled after Apple's Time Machine. It aims to simplify the creation of periodic backups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. rdiff-backup icon
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    rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.

    80 rdiff-backup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Backer icon
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    Backer is a visual front end to the rsync command. It allows the user to select multiple folders and back them up to multiple locations. It stores your backup settings for you so that all your backups can be run easily using a single button click.

    143 Backer alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. Systemback icon
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    Simple system backup and restore application with extra features. Systemback makes it easy to create backups of system and users configuration files. In case of problems you can easily restore the previous state of the system. There are extra features like system copying, system.

    50 Systemback alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Image for Windows is an affordable and reliable drive image backup and restore solution that provides an easy and convenient way to completely backup all your hard drive's data, programs and operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12.  2 likes

    Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify or fsevents). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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