bup
Efficient backup system based on the git packfile format
bup is a backup tool that stores data using the git packfile format with rolling-checksum deduplication. It can back up enormous datasets efficiently and incrementally.
Key features
- Git-packfile storage format
- Rolling-checksum deduplication
- Handles very large datasets
Strengths
- Released under the LGPL-2.1 license
- Mature project with 7.3k GitHub stars
- Written in Python
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
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