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 25 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, Back In Time and Rollback Rx.

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FlyBack is an 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.

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    rsync

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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...

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
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    rsync Features

    1.  File Sync
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Schedule Backup
    4.  File by file encryption
    5.  Cloud Sync
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Folder Sync
    8.  Delta Backup
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    • 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
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    Time Machine

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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.

    93 Time Machine alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac

    Time Machine Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Differential Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Schedule Backup
    5.  File Versioning
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Bundled with macOS
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    • Time Machine is the most popular Mac alternative to FlyBack.

    • Time Machine is Free and ProprietaryFlyBack is Free and Open Source
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    Déjà Dup

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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 Duplicity as the backend.

    88 Déjà Dup alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Déjà Dup Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Remote backup
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Selective Synchronization
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    Nero BackItUp

    Nero BackItUp is a software for file and data protection on personal computers or laptops. It enables automatic backup of files to three locations, including USB hard drives. It offers features such as scheduling backups daily, w...

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    Back In Time

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    Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "FlyBack project".

    53 Back In Time alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Back In Time Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Time-machine
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  7. Rollback Rx icon
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    Rollback Rx

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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.

    45 Rollback Rx alternatives
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    • Windows
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    Rollback Rx Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Restore on reboot
    3.  Snapshots
    4.  Time-machine
    5.  Data Protection
    6.  Crash recovery
    7.  PXE
    8.  Persistent Storage
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    • 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
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    Areca Backup

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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.

    82 Areca Backup alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Areca Backup Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Differential Backup
    4.  Incremental Backup
    5.  Multiple languages
    6.  Support for FTP
    7.  Delta Backup
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    Last Update: 2015-08-26. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/areca/

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    Duplicacy

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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.

    80 Duplicacy alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Duplicacy Features

    1. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Onedrive integration
    2.  Cloud based
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Data deduplication
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    rdiff-backup

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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.

    81 rdiff-backup alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    rdiff-backup Features

    1.  File-system view
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    Nero BackItUp

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    Nero BackItUp is a software for file and data protection on personal computers or laptops. It enables automatic backup of files to three locations, including USB hard drives. It offers features such as scheduling backups daily, weekly, or monthly, continuous file backup, and...

    86 Nero BackItUp alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android

    Nero BackItUp Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Encrypted Backup
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Time-machine
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    • Nero BackItUp is the most popular Android alternative to FlyBack.

    • Nero BackItUp is Paid and ProprietaryFlyBack is Free and Open Source
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    RsyncOSX

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    A macOS GUI for rsync.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    RsyncOSX Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  End-to-End Encryption
    3.  Support for Rsync
    4.  Folder Sync
    5.  Synchronization
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    Cronopete

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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.

    48 Cronopete alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux

    Cronopete Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Time-machine
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    Backer

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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.

    147 Backer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Backer Features

    1.  Support for Rsync
    2.  Schedule Backup
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