btrbk
Backup tool for Btrfs subvolume snapshots
btrbk is a backup tool for creating and managing snapshots of Btrfs subvolumes and replicating them to local or remote targets. It is designed for incremental, atomic backups driven by a simple configuration file.
Key features
- Incremental Btrfs backups
- Remote replication over SSH
- Configurable retention
- Atomic snapshots
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Active community (2.1k GitHub stars)
- Written in Perl
- Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM
Trade-offs
- Btrfs only
- No graphical interface
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