CLUSTER BACKUP-COMMAND-LINE · 95 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2006-03-05
File backup and restore utilities
This cluster spans command-line, GUI, and script-based tools for creating, pruning, restoring, archiving, and synchronizing file backups — often wrapping established backends like Restic, rsync, or Tarsnap, or targeting specific destinations like DVDs and external drives. Dated entries appear irregularly from March 2006 through July 2026, with mostly one or two per month and occasional bursts of three, so the timeline shows no clear sustained shape. Traction leaders are filesnap (21 stars), Simple-Backup (13 stars), and ressac (0 stars).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 19 unlabelled
Operator · 6 hobby · 11 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01filesnap21★29 daysliveCommand-line utility that creates file snapshots and restores directories without requiring a version-control repository, designed for AI coding agents.
- 02Simple-Backup19★1 molivehand-codedhobbyBash script for backing up files and folders with incremental sync, scheduled automation, and easy usage on Linux.
- 03blkcp1★15 days—hobbyBlock copy tool for Linux that duplicates disks and partitions with safety protections and an interactive terminal interface.
- 04safe-rm1★7 days—Command-line tool that replaces rm and rmdir by moving deleted files into a recoverable store that can be listed and restored.
- 05qbak0★18 daysliveopen sourceCommand-line backup tool that creates backups on Linux and POSIX systems with a single command.
- 06data-squirrel0★10 days—hobbymacOS incremental backup utility with a graphical interface, menu bar controls, and command-line tools for versioned snapshots and restore.
- 07DataSquirrel0★13 days—hobbyBackup utility for macOS that creates incremental point-in-time snapshots, browses file versions, and restores lost data.
- 08cloud-backup0★22 days—hobbyCommand-line file backup tool that creates, lists, restores, and schedules backups through a local backend service.
- 09system-backup0★17 daysliveopen sourceTerminal script that creates bootable encrypted backups of a Linux system.
- 10ambersync1★25 days—hobbySelf-hosted backup tool that mirrors a master disk to multiple external drives, requiring approval before any deletion or overwrite.
- 11wkmailsync0★1 moliveopen sourceEmail backup and synchronization tool that exports mailboxes to EML or ZIP archives.
- 12backup-warden0★1 moliveopen sourceCommand-line backup manager that schedules and handles system backups for users.
- 13python-securetar0★26 daysliveopen sourcePython library that creates and extracts secure tar archives for backup handling.
- 14ressac0★1 mo—Tool that syncs a local file vault with S3-compatible storage, enabling self-hosted backup without a central server.
- 15cronopete0★28 daysliveopen sourceGraphical backup utility that automatically keeps chronological snapshots of files, inspired by Apple Time Machine.
- 16ydiskarc0★2 moliveopen sourceCommand-line tool to backup public resources from Yandex.Disk for archival and retrieval.
- 17moraine0★28 daysliveopen sourceSnapshot-based backup tool that stores files over SSH, rsync, or rclone, offering both a CLI and a desktop GUI.
- 18dump0★27 daysliveopen sourceCommand-line tool for backing up and restoring ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems.
- 19bkp-bin0★6 moliveopen sourceSimple command-line utility for creating and restoring file backups.
- 20dkopp0★4 moliveopen sourceBackup program that writes files to DVDs for archival and restores them.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.