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HashBackup

Efficient command-line backup with deduplication

Backup & Recovery ★ 1 stars Medium setup MIT

HashBackup is a command-line backup program for Unix-like systems that performs deduplicated, compressed, and encrypted backups to local or remote destinations. It supports retention policies, selective restore, and many storage targets.

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Key features

  • Deduplication and compression
  • Encrypted backups
  • Many remote destinations
  • Flexible retention

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Trade-offs

  • Command-line only
  • Smaller community

Is HashBackup secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for HashBackup'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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