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BackupNinja

Lightweight backup configuration and scheduling system

Backup & Recovery Archived ★ 68 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained backup & recovery alternative.

Backupninja lets you coordinate system backups through a central configuration directory of simple files. It supports many backends including rdiff-backup, rsync, duplicity, and database dumps.

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Key features

  • Central config directory
  • Many backup backends
  • Database dump handlers

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Written in Shell
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Is BackupNinja secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for BackupNinja's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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