TimeShift Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to TimeShift for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to TimeShift and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to TimeShift are Restic, BorgBackup, Back In Time and Déjà Dup.

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TimeShift alternatives are mainly Backup Clients, but if you're looking for Online Backup Tools or System Backup Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows and Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to TimeShift.
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  1. Duplicati icon
     355 likes

    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.

    138 Duplicati alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Duplicati is not designed for, and does not really work with, the root filesystem

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceTimeShift is Free and Open Source
  2. Restic icon
     67 likes

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

    63 Restic alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  3. BorgBackup icon
     57 likes

    BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.

    39 BorgBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Cygwin
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
  4. Back In Time icon
     51 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Déjà Dup icon
     80 likes

    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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  6. Vorta icon
     9 likes

    Vorta is a backup client for macOS and Linux desktops. It integrates the mighty Borg Backup with your favorite desktop environment to protect your data from disk failure, ransomware and theft.

    20 Vorta alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. 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...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
     
  8. Pika Backup icon
     7 likes

    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.

    9 Pika Backup alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
  9. Duplicacy icon
     16 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Rsnapshot icon
     16 likes

    rsnapshot is a rsync based backup utillity, providing filesystem snapshot functionality. It can take incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines.

    42 Rsnapshot alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. Cronopete icon
     7 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. 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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