bup Alternatives

bup is described as '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)' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to bup for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Debian and BSD apps. The best bup alternative is BorgBackup, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like bup are UrBackup, Proxmox Backup Server, borgmatic and rdiff-backup.

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  1. BorgBackup icon
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    BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.

    37 BorgBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Cygwin
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
    • BorgBackup is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to bup.

    • BorgBackup is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to bup.

    • BorgBackup is Free and Open Sourcebup is also Free and Open Source
    • BorgBackup is Privacy focused and Lightweightbup is not according to our users
  2. UrBackup icon
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    UrBackup is a open source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time.

    47 UrBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
    • UrBackup is the most popular Windows alternative to bup.

    • UrBackup is Free and Open Sourcebup is also Free and Open Source
    • UrBackup is Lightweightbup is not according to our users
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    Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts. By supporting incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup Server significantly reduces network load and saves valuable storage space.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Debian
     
    • Proxmox Backup Server is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to bup.

    • Proxmox Backup Server is Freemium and Open Sourcebup is Free and Open Source
  4. borgmatic icon
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    borgmatic is simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations. Protect your files with client-side encryption. Backup your databases too. Monitor it all with integrated third-party services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
  6. Duplicity icon
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    Duplicity is a software suite that provides encrypted, digitally signed, versioned, remote backup of files requiring little of the remote server.

    35 Duplicity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Emborg icon
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    Emborg is a simple command line utility to orchestrate backups. It is built as a front-end to Borg, a powerful and fast deduplicating backup program. With Emborg, you specify all the details about your backups once in advance, and then use a very simple command line interface...

    28 Emborg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. BURP icon
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    Burp is a network backup and restore program. It uses librsync in order to save network traffic and to save on the amount of space that is used by each backup. It also uses VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to make snapshots when backing up Windows computers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Kup is created for helping people to keep up-to-date backups of their personal files. Connecting a USB hard drive is the primary supported way to store files, but saving files to a server over a network connection is also possible for advanced users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Snebu -- Simple Network Backup Utility An easy to set up and use snapshot-style backup system for Linux. Each backup is a full snapshot of your system, classified with a retention schedule (such as daily, weekly, monthly, etc). Individual backups can be manually expired, or exp.

    13 Snebu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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