Snapper - Snapshot Manager Alternatives

Snapper - Snapshot Manager is described as 'Snapper is a tool for Linux file system snapshot management. Apart from the obvious creation and deletion of snapshots it can compare snapshots and revert differences between them. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root users to view older versions of files and revert' and is a System Restore tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Snapper - Snapshot Manager for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best Snapper - Snapshot Manager alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Snapper - Snapshot Manager are TimeShift, Restic, Time Machine and Déjà Dup.

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  1. Duplicati icon

    Duplicati

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    Duplicati stores encrypted, incremental backups with AES-256 encryption and GPG, compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS. Supports cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and includes a built-in scheduler, auto-updater. Run backups through a web interface or command line.

    134 Duplicati alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Snapper - Snapshot Manager.

    • Duplicati is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Snapper - Snapshot Manager.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceSnapper - Snapshot Manager is Free and Open Source
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedSnapper - Snapshot Manager is not according to our users
  2. TimeShift icon

    TimeShift

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    TimeShift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and Time Machine tool in Mac OS. TimeShift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of file system at regular intervals.

    31 TimeShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. Restic icon

    Restic

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    restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.

    59 Restic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  5. Time Machine icon

    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.

    92 Time Machine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Interface
     
  6. Déjà Dup icon

    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 Restic behind the scenes.

    91 Déjà Dup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  7. Back In Time icon

    Back In Time

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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
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    Time Machine for Linux

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    Use Time Machine to automatically back up your personal data, including apps, music, photos and documents. Having a backup allows you to recover files that you later delete or can't access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Parachute Backup icon

    Parachute Backup

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    Automatic set-and-forget backup for iCloud Photos and Drive with manual, scheduled, full, or incremental syncing to external drives, NAS, or third-party clouds, preventing data loss, enabling file recovery, offloading files from your Mac, and requiring no subscription.

    52 Parachute Backup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Parachute Backup is the most popular commercial alternative to Snapper - Snapshot Manager.

    • Parachute Backup is Paid and ProprietarySnapper - Snapshot Manager is Free and Open Source
    • Parachute Backup is Privacy focused and LightweightSnapper - Snapshot Manager is not according to our users
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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.

    78 Duplicacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Areca Backup icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. KBackup icon

    KBackup

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    KBackup is an application which lets you back up your data in a simple, user friendly way

    54 KBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  14. Systemback icon

    Systemback

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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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