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rdiff-backup

Reverse-incremental backups preserving file history

Backup & Recovery ★ 1.3k stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, keeping the latest copy plus reverse diffs for older versions. It preserves permissions, ownership, and special files while working over SSH.

Key features

  • Reverse-incremental storage
  • Preserves file metadata
  • Works over SSH

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Active community (1.3k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

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