Pika Backup
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Pika Backup is designed to save your personal data and does not support complete system recovery. Pika Backup is powered by the well-tested BorgBackup software.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Germany
EUPlatforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
- Flathub
- GNOME
- Flatpak
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Babag added Pika Backup as alternative to Vorta
What is Pika Backup?
Keep your data safe.
Doing backups the easy way. Plugin your USB drive and let the Pika do the rest for you.
- Create backups locally and remote
- Set a schedule for regular backups
- Save time and disk space because Pika Backup does not need to copy known data again
- Encrypt your backups
- List created archives and browse through their contents
- Recover files or folders via your file browser
Comments and Reviews
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-- a pure wonder
Linux's native TimeShift utility is great, but it backs up the OS, not user data. While rsync backups duplicate the file tree, I wanted something that generated a small file set incremental archive of user files.
Pika does that quite well. It's easy to set up, and once configured, there's literally a "Back Up Now" button that does all the work. It handles the incremental backup, and like TimeShift, it can keep a history of archives. It can be run manually, or be scheduled to run automatically.
Where TimeShift backs up operating system files but not user files, Pika does the opposite. Using the two gives full coverage. You can encrypt the backups, and configure pre- and post-backup scripts to run, if you want, although I don't bother with either.
It's a one-click backup solution that's easy, reliable, and can be made secure, as well.
I love
TimeShift, but since it's not 100% compatible with Fedora, I was looking for something else, and found this software based on 
BorgBackup, and it's really great. It's simple, fast and the GUI is intuitive. Really good piece of sofware!