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, Déjà Dup and Back In Time.

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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...

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  1. Duplicati icon
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    Duplicati

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    Duplicati is a backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on local storage, cloud storage services and remote file servers. The Duplicati project was inspired by Duplicity and had similar functionality until 2008.

    131 Duplicati alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Top Duplicati Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Automatic Backup
    4.  Encrypted Backup
    5.  Data deduplication
    6.  File Versioning
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Scheduling
    9.  Local Storage
    10.  Cloud Sync
    11.  AES-256 Encryption
    12.  Guided configuration
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    Duplicati is not designed for, and does not really work with, the root filesystem

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    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TimeShift.

    • Duplicati is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TimeShift.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceTimeShift is Free and Open Source
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    Restic

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

    52 Restic alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Data deduplication
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Remote backup
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Data Compression
    7.  Schedule Backup
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  File Versioning
    11.  Ad-free
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  4. BorgBackup icon
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    BorgBackup

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

    34 BorgBackup alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Cygwin
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian

    BorgBackup Features

    1.  Remote backup
    2.  Data deduplication
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Automatic Backup
    5.  Encrypted Backup
    6.  Schedule Backup
    7.  AES-256 Encryption
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  5. Déjà Dup icon
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    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 Duplicity as the backend.

    88 Déjà Dup alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Déjà Dup Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Remote backup
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Selective Synchronization
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  6. Back In Time icon
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    Back In Time

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

    53 Back In Time alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Back In Time Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Time-machine
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  7. Pika Backup icon
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    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.

    8 Pika Backup alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Automatic Backup
    3.  Gtk
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  9. Time Machine for Linux icon
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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.

    52 Time Machine for Linux alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Time Machine for Linux Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
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  10. Vorta icon
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    Vorta

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    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.

    16 Vorta alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Vorta Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Incremental Backup
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Data deduplication
    5.  Automatic Backup
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Selective Synchronization
    9.  AES-256 Encryption
    10.  Flexible
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  11. Areca Backup icon
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    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.

    82 Areca Backup alternatives
    Main screen (Logical view)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Target definition
    Compression
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    Areca Backup Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Differential Backup
    4.  Incremental Backup
    5.  Multiple languages
    6.  Support for FTP
    7.  Delta Backup
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    Last Update: 2015-08-26. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/areca/

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  12. Duplicacy icon
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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.

    80 Duplicacy alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Duplicacy Features

    1. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Onedrive integration
    2.  Cloud based
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Data deduplication
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    • Duplicacy is the most popular commercial alternative to TimeShift.

    • Duplicacy is Paid and Open SourceTimeShift is Free and Open Source
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    rdiff-backup

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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.

    81 rdiff-backup alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    rdiff-backup Features

    1.  File-system view
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  14. Snapper - Snapshot Manager icon
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    Snapper - Snapshot Manager

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    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...

    15 Snapper - Snapshot Manager alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE

    Snapper - Snapshot Manager Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Support for BTRFS
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