CKAN vs rdiff-backup
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted backup & recovery options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
Not the right match-up?
Compare CKAN with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy pgBackRest bitmagnet Timeshift WAL-G Docker Volume Backup Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Barman mydumper Rustic Back In Time pgBackWeb SnapRAID Vorta Open Archiver Wayback btrbk mail-archiver Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic BackupPC MySQL backup XtraBackup Restic REST Server Gickup Stash by AppsCode Restic alt MiniBackup Restic Browser Bareos ElkarBackup alt Snapper zrepl K8up Ganymede Bupstash UrBackup Kanister linux-timemachine ZFS Autobackup MySQL Backup Container Restic Cron ZnapZend Restic Mailer BorgWarehouse Deja Dup Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Knoxite ArchivesSpace ElkarBackup Collective Access - Providence Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Duplicity Conserve Backup Backblaze alt nono Nxs-backup Amanda Tarsnap GUI Minarca Backup DAR Obnam2 Rdiffweb Restic Exporter Kup Minarca BackupNinja Time Machine Eonvelope Yuno Archive Custom Backup Sosse HashBackup
Compare rdiff-backup with
choose an app… Rclone Restic Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy Timeshift Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Back In Time Vorta btrbk BackupPC Restic Browser ElkarBackup alt Snapper ZnapZend Deja Dup Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Kup
Feature CKAN rdiff-backup Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License AGPL-3.0 GPL-2.0 Language Python Python Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 64 MB Deployment bare-metal binary GitHub stars ★ 5,088 ★ 1,264 First released 2026 2001 Replaces — Time Machine
Why pick each one
Choose CKAN if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license Mature project with 5.1k GitHub stars Written in Python Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM CKAN details Choose rdiff-backup if… Released under the GPL-2.0 license Active community (1.3k GitHub stars) Written in Python Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM rdiff-backup details
Frequently asked questions Is CKAN or rdiff-backup better? Neither is universally better. CKAN has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are CKAN and rdiff-backup free and open-source? Yes. CKAN is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and rdiff-backup under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run CKAN and rdiff-backup with Docker? CKAN: check the project docs for container support. rdiff-backup: check the project docs for container support.