Time Machine for Linux Alternatives

Time Machine for Linux is described as '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' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Time Machine for Linux for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and OpenBSD apps. The best Time Machine for Linux alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Time Machine for Linux are TimeShift, Macrium Reflect, Restic and Time Machine.

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  1. SyncTime icon
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    SyncTime is the easy-to-use and flexible solution to synchronize your files. Keep all your backup copies up to date with the click of a button, with automated schedules, from the Shortcuts app or even via AppleScript.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. 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
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  3. Fast, affordable and top-rated backup and disaster recovery solution for virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS environments.

    33 NAKIVO Backup & Replication alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • UNIX Web Browser
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
    • Amazon Simple Storage Service
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Microsoft 365
    • Microsoft 365 (Office)
    • Oracle Database
    • TrueNAS
    • Microsoft Azure
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  4. Windows Backup and Restore (formerly Windows Backup and Restore Center) is a component of Microsoft Windows introduced in Windows Vista and included in later versions that allow users to create backups and restore from backups created earlier.

    35 Windows Backup and Restore alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. FSArchiver icon
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    FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file system to a compressed archive file. The file system can be restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be restored on a different file system.

    58 FSArchiver alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Systemback icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Backer icon
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    Backer is a visual front end to the rsync command. It allows the user to select multiple folders and back them up to multiple locations. It stores your backup settings for you so that all your backups can be run easily using a single button click.

    144 Backer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Duplicity icon
     19 likes

    Duplicity is a software suite that provides encrypted, digitally signed, versioned, remote backup of files requiring little of the remote server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. Back4Sure icon
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    Back4Sure is a feature-rich backup solution for typical backup use. No VSS Volume Shadow Copy function for open files. The program can make a backup to hard-disk, USB drive or network and can also be compressed using high or low compression settings to a ZIP or 7-zip file of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. HDclone icon
     18 likes

    HDClone creates physical or logical copies (clones) and file images of hard disks and other mass storage media. HDClone is a perfect tool for backups and copies of entire software or operating system installations.

    49 HDclone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Arq icon
     25 likes

    Arq is backup software for your Mac or Windows PC.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. ShadowProtect icon
     16 likes

    Fast and reliable disk-based backup that captures full, differential and incremental point-in-time backup images of your entire system. This includes the operating system, applications, configuration settings and data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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