Plakar
An open-source backup and restore platform built for modern workloads. It offers encrypted, deduplicated, and instantly recoverable snapshots across file systems, object stores and cloud environments.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Two-factor Authentication
- Dark Mode
- No Tracking
- Portable
- File Versioning
- Selective Synchronization
- Support for MarkDown
- Ad-free
- Shared Folders
- End-to-End Encryption
- Incremental Backup
- No registration required
- Cloud Sync
- Automatic Backup
- Built-in viewer
- Real time collaboration
- Schedule Backup
- Supports Zip files
- File Tagging
- Encrypted Backup
- Supports RAR files
- AES-256 Encryption
- Works Offline
- Command line interface
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Decentralized
- File Sync
- On-premises software
- File Compression
- Data deduplication
- Distributed
- Cross-Platform
- Disaster Recovery
Tags
- Backup
- snapshot
- Deduplicated Backup
- openbsd
- Linux
- MacOs
- freebsd
- windows
Plakar News & Activities
Recent activities
- bnchndlr liked Plakar
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- POX updated Plakar
Plakar information
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Alternatives
21 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
Backup & Sync, File Management, Security & Privacy, OS & Utilities, File SharingGitHub repository
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- 52 Forks
- 89 Open Issues
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What is Plakar?
Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform designed for modern, hybrid environments. It supports encrypted, deduplicated, and instantly recoverable backups across file systems, object stores, cloud infrastructure, and Kubernetes.
Built for developers, ops teams, and AI practitioners, Plakar captures application data with context, making backups reproducible and portable. Its engine, Kloset, encapsulates data like containers do for compute — with structure, metadata, and end-to-end encryption.
With Plakar, you can:
- Back up from any source: file systems, object stores, SaaS applications
- Distribute backups using push, pull, or sync strategies
- Apply the 3-2-1 backup rule across heterogeneous environments
- Avoid production slowdowns with adaptive backup speeds
- Run lock-free garbage collection in parallel with operations
And when it comes to restore:
- Instantly mount large snapshots without full restoration
- Restore a full snapshot or just selected files
- Restore across storage types (e.g., from S3 to local disk)
- Verify and browse backups without extracting them
Plakar is ideal for teams that value data integrity, versioning, and interoperability — whether for AI training, analytics, compliance, or disaster recovery.