FlyBack Alternatives

FlyBack is described as 'Open source backup utility based on Git and modeled loosely after Apple's Time Machine. FlyBack creates incremental backups of files which can be restored at a later date' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FlyBack for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best FlyBack alternative is rsync, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FlyBack are Time Machine, Déjà Dup, Rollback Rx and Back In Time.

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  1. rsync icon
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    rsync is a software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring...

    130 rsync alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
     
    • rsync is the most popular Linux alternative to FlyBack.

    • rsync is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FlyBack.

    • rsync is Free and Open SourceFlyBack is also Free and Open Source
    • rsync is Privacy focusedFlyBack is not according to our users
  2. Time Machine icon
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    Time Machine is the breakthrough automatic backup that’s built right into Mac OS X. It keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac — digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents. Now, if you ever have the need, you can easily go back in time to recover anything.

    92 Time Machine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Time Machine is the most popular Mac alternative to FlyBack.

    • Time Machine is Free and ProprietaryFlyBack is Free and Open Source
  3. Déjà Dup icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  4. Rollback Rx icon
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    RollBack Rx client is a system restore utility that enables home users and IT professionals to easily restore a PC to a time before certain events occurred.

    47 Rollback Rx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Rollback Rx is the most popular Windows alternative to FlyBack.

    • Rollback Rx is the most popular commercial alternative to FlyBack.

    • Rollback Rx is Paid and ProprietaryFlyBack is Free and Open Source
  5. Back In Time icon
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    Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "FlyBack project".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Duplicacy icon
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    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
     
  7. Areca Backup icon
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    Areca Backup is a file backup software which can be run on Windows or Linux. It creates backup copies (which can be encrypted and compressed) of your files and stores them on external drives, USB keys, FTP servers, supporting incremental, differential and full backups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. Nero BackItUp icon
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    Creates your backup quickly and easily to an external hard drive, optical media or the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
    • Nero BackItUp is the most popular Android alternative to FlyBack.

    • Nero BackItUp is Paid and ProprietaryFlyBack is Free and Open Source
    • Nero BackItUp is LightweightFlyBack is not according to our users
  12. 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
     
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