Systemback Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Systemback for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Systemback and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Systemback are TimeShift, Déjà Dup, Back In Time and Duplicacy.

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  1. Duplicati icon

    Duplicati

     355 likes

    Duplicati stores encrypted, incremental backups with AES-256 encryption and GPG, compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS. Supports cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and includes a built-in scheduler, auto-updater. Run backups through a web interface or command line.

    136 Duplicati alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about Duplicati as an Alternative to Systemback
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    It doesn't offer an option to build a live cd from your current os. Which is the main feature that made systemback unique. It seems impossible to install system back from the ppa ppa:nemh/systemback so a working alternaive is much needed.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Systemback.

    • Duplicati is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Systemback.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceSystemback is Free and Open Source
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedSystemback is not according to our users
  2. TimeShift icon

    TimeShift

     77 likes

    TimeShift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and Time Machine tool in Mac OS. TimeShift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of file system at regular intervals.

    32 TimeShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. Déjà Dup icon

    Déjà Dup

     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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  6. Duplicacy icon

    Duplicacy

     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.

    78 Duplicacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Time Machine for Linux icon

    Time Machine for Linux

     5 likes

    Use Time Machine to automatically back up your personal data, including apps, music, photos and documents. Having a backup allows you to recover files that you later delete or can't access.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Snapper - Snapshot Manager icon

    Snapper - Snapshot Manager

     5 likes

    Snapper is a tool for Linux file system snapshot management. Apart from the obvious creation and deletion of snapshots it can compare snapshots and revert differences between them. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root users to view older versions of files and revert...

    18 Snapper - Snapshot Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
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  10. Cronopete icon

    Cronopete

     7 likes

    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
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  11. rdiff-backup icon

    rdiff-backup

     15 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Backer icon

    Backer

     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  13. FSArchiver icon

    FSArchiver

     11 likes

    FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file system to a compressed archive file. The file system can be restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be restored on a different file system.

    58 FSArchiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

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    • Linux
     
  14. KBackup icon

    KBackup

     3 likes

    KBackup is an application which lets you back up your data in a simple, user friendly way

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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