Timeshift
Backup & RecoverySystem restore tool for Linux using snapshots
Replaces Time Machine, System Restore
Best Offline-First Backup & Recovery for self-hosting
The 4 best Offline-First backup & recovery you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
SnapRAID
Backup & RecoveryParity-based backup for disk arrays of large files
Replaces unRAID parity
zrepl
Backup & RecoveryAutomated ZFS snapshot replication and pruning
Replaces Veeam
linux-timemachine
Backup & Recoveryrsync-based Time Machine style backups for Linux and macOS
Replaces Apple Time Machine
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timeshift | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 4,308 |
| SnapRAID | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 2,588 |
| zrepl | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 1,160 |
| linux-timemachine | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 842 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Timeshift (4,308 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: linux-timemachine (from 64 MB RAM, against 256 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Offline-First within the backup & recovery category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.