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rsnapshot

Filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync

Backup & Recovery ★ 3.7k stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility built on rsync that makes incremental backups of local and remote machines. It uses hard links to keep multiple full backups while saving disk space.

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Key features

  • Hard-link snapshot rotation
  • Local and remote backups
  • Low storage overhead

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Active community (3.7k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Perl
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

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