TimeShift Alternatives for Windows

TimeShift is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows 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 14 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to TimeShift are Restic, Duplicacy, rdiff-backup and Restic Robot.

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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.

    132 Duplicati alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Duplicati screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    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.  Guided configuration
    12.  AES-256 Encryption

    Duplicati VS TimeShift

     
    Comments about Duplicati as an Alternative to TimeShift
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    Negative Mar 15, 2019
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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
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedTimeShift is not according to our users
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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.

    57 Restic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Restic screenshot 1

    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

    Restic VS TimeShift

     
  4. Duplicacy icon

    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.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Duplicacy screenshot 1

    Duplicacy Features

    1. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Onedrive integration
    2.  Cloud based
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Data deduplication

    Duplicacy VS TimeShift

     

    • Duplicacy is the most popular commercial alternative to TimeShift.

    • Duplicacy is Paid and Open SourceTimeShift is Free and Open Source
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    Nero BackItUp

    Nero BackItUp is a software for file and data protection on personal computers or laptops. It enables automatic backup of files to three locations, including USB hard drives. It offers features such as scheduling backups daily, w...

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    rdiff-backup Features

    1.  File-system view

    rdiff-backup VS TimeShift

     

  7. Restic Robot

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    Restic Robot is a small and simple wrapper application for Restic.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Restic Robot VS TimeShift

     
  8. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main screen (Logical view)
    Discontinued

    Last Update: 2015-08-26. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/areca/

    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

    Areca Backup VS TimeShift

     
  10. Crow Backup icon

    Crow Backup

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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Crow Backup screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  End-to-End Encryption
    3.  AES-256 Encryption
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Automatic Backup
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Incremental Backup
    8.  File Versioning
    9.  Schedule Backup
    10.  Peer-To-Peer

    Crow Backup VS TimeShift

     
  11. Rustic icon

    Rustic

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    Rustic is a backup tool that provides fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups written in Rust. It reads and writes the restic repo format described in the design document and can be used as a restic replacement in most cases.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Rustic screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  File Versioning
    6.  Portable
    7.  Rust
    8.  Data Compression

    Rustic VS TimeShift

     
  12. Nero BackItUp icon

    Nero BackItUp

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    Nero BackItUp is a software for file and data protection on personal computers or laptops. It enables automatic backup of files to three locations, including USB hard drives. It offers features such as scheduling backups daily, weekly, or monthly, continuous file backup, and...

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    Nero BackItUp screenshot 1

    Nero BackItUp Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Encrypted Backup
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Time-machine

    Nero BackItUp VS TimeShift

     

    • Nero BackItUp is the most popular Android alternative to TimeShift.

    • Nero BackItUp is Paid and ProprietaryTimeShift is Free and Open Source
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    Zinstall Backup

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    Full PC backup, extremely fast and allows to restore to a completely different Windows and computer. For example, restore programs, settings and files from a backup of Windows 7 32bit Dell to a Windows 10 64bit HP (without wiping...

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Zinstall Backup screenshot 1

    Zinstall Backup Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Time-machine

    Zinstall Backup VS TimeShift

     
  14. Rebel Backup icon

    Rebel Backup

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    Rebel Backup lets you make encrypted backups of your important files offsite to Dropbox or Google Drive. You control what and how often is backed up, and the encryption happens locally on your computer.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Drive
    • Dropbox
    Rebel Backup screenshot 1

    Rebel Backup Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Dropbox Backup
    3.  Backup to Google Drive

    Rebel Backup VS TimeShift

     
  15. ToolWiz Time Machine icon

    ToolWiz Time Machine

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    Toolwiz Time Machine (Toolwiz multi-point restoration) is a powerful and easy-to-use undelete freeware, protecting your PC from data loss and improving its security.

    68 ToolWiz Time Machine alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ToolWiz Time Machine screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.1.16, released in December 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    ToolWiz Time Machine Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup

    ToolWiz Time Machine VS TimeShift

     
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