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Back In Time

Simple backup tool inspired by Apple Time Machine

Backup & Recovery ★ 2.6k stars Easy setup GPL-2.0

Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux inspired by Time Machine and rsnapshot. It takes snapshots of specified folders using rsync and hard links to save disk space.

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Key features

  • Time Machine-style snapshots
  • Hard-link deduplication
  • GUI and command-line modes

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (2.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python

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