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 · 3 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 20 open source
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.
- 61otoclone0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceBackup utility that automatically creates copies of system data so users can restore it after loss or damage.
- 62alia-can0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceShell tool that manages shell aliases with backups and cross-shell compatibility.
- 63zencore-rs0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceA minimalist command-line backup utility written in Rust for data backup and restoration.
- 64simple_backup0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceScript that copies files to a backup destination using rsync.
- 65melt0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceBackup tool that backs up and restores SSH private keys using memorizable seed phrases.
- 66bluraybackup0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line program that copies Blu-ray movie discs to the local filesystem for backup and preservation.
- 67longhorn-backup-repacker0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line utility for repacking Longhorn backup files.
- 68snap-sync0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSnapper snapshot backup tool that copies snapshots to an external drive.
- 69tarnation0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSimple and extensible backup and restore utility for managing local file snapshots.
- 70file-time-machine-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line backup tool that creates snapshot backups of files and directories, enabling restoration of previous versions at any time.
- 71prunef0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceBackup rotation filter that prunes old backups according to configurable retention policies.
- 72baka0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceBackup tool that copies files and directories, asking for confirmation when the backup exceeds one gigabyte.
- 73arch-backup0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceProvides simple backup scripts that support SSH and SMB for transferring backups.
- 74manage-kernel-backups0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceScript collection that creates and manages backups of updated kernels and their modules for rollback.
- 75gadmin-rsync0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGraphical frontend for rsync that simplifies configuring and running file backups between local and remote locations.
- 76rdiff-backup0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceReverse differential backup tool that stores historical data locally or over a network.
- 77tarsnapper0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceUtility that schedules and manages remote backup snapshots with retention logic.
- 78python-rotate-backups0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line tool that automates rotation of backup files according to a retention policy.
- 79backupper0★11 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceBackup utility that creates full and incremental backups of files and folders, allowing users to restore data after loss or corruption.
- 80backup0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceConfigures and runs complex backup operations with reproducibility.
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