TimeShift Alternatives

TimeShift is described as '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' and is a popular Backup Client in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TimeShift for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best TimeShift alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TimeShift are Restic, BorgBackup, Time Machine and Back In Time.

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  1. 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
     
  2. Systemback icon
     10 likes

    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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    It does its job and works flawlessly. I am new to Linux and it is my number-one go-to program. I tried to find a way to contact the developer via email because it was too good for it to be temporarily out of development. It is a favorite for those who use Linux Lite, that is for sure!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Systemback is Free and Open SourceTimeShift is also Free and Open Source
  3. BlinkDisk icon
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    A cross-platform folder backup software, based off a forked version of kopia. Since it uses kopia, you get end to end encryption with your own password.

    13 BlinkDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Mondo Rescue icon
     3 likes

    Mondo Rescue is a GPL disaster recovery solution. It supports Linux (i386, x86_64, ia64) and FreeBSD (i386). It's packaged for multiple distributions (Fedora, RHEL, openSuSE, SLES, Mandriva, Mageia, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Restic Robot is a small and simple wrapper application for Restic.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  7. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. KBackup icon
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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
     
  9. BmuS icon
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    BmuS is a powerful free backup program for the automated backup of files, directories, and MySQL databases from a Linux, Mac, Windows system to a NAS or network drive or from a NAS to another NAS. It features a dashboard, encryption, cloud backup deduplication, and much more. Docker ready.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  10.  Crow Backup icon
     3 likes

    Crow Backup is a software that allows for the creation of backups on friends’ computers in a simple and secure manner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Nero BackItUp icon
     2 likes

    Creates your backup quickly and easily to an external hard drive, optical media or the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
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