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CLUSTER BACKUP-DESKTOP-FILES · 41 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2009-01-12

Desktop backup utilities

This cluster comprises 29 desktop backup and restore utilities covering folders, USB drives, presentation files, system images, and niche platforms (e.g., Notion, Docker, reMarkable). Dated entries appear sporadically from 2009-01, with most activity between 2023 and 2026-07, though the count per month never exceeds two. Traction leaders by activity are mountgate (1 star), followed by reManager and UsbDocumentBackup (0 stars each), indicating no member has gained meaningful adoption.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2009: 1MAR 2018: 1JUN 2020: 1APR 2021: 1AUG 2022: 1JAN 2023: 1JUL 2023: 1MAY 2024: 1AUG 2024: 1NOV 2024: 1APR 2025: 1SEP 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1MAR 2026: 1APR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 7SEP 2026: 11OCT 2026: 5
JAN 2009OCT 2026

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 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled

Operator · 14 hobby · 2 open source · 4 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.

  1. 01fnos-fpk-extractor4★17 days—hobbyNAS utility that scans installed applications and repackages them into offline installation files for backup, reinstall, and migration.
  2. 02Kiopia-Desk1★9 dayslivehobbyDesktop app for Windows that creates incremental backups of user folders to external drives or USB, with optional password encryption readable on any Windows.
  3. 03win-iphone-dcim1★1 day—hand-codedhobbyDesktop and command-line utility that backs up iPhone photos and videos to a Windows PC while preserving the original folder structure.
  4. 04FDBackup1★6 days—hobbyWindows desktop application that performs full, incremental, and differential backups with versioning, synchronization, selective restore, and SHA-256 integrity checks.
  5. 05Open-File-Backup-Manager0★18 days—hobbyDesktop backup utility that groups files and folders into named profiles, supports mirror and copy modes, and tracks live progress on external drives.
  6. 06xiaoqi-local-backup0★25 days—hobbyDesktop backup app that creates timestamped full copies and a mirror copy of selected folders, with restore via a local web page.
  7. 07EtsyVault0★1 day—hobbyDesktop backup tool for Etsy sellers that archives listings, tags, and full-resolution photos locally and exports recovery files.
  8. 08ArchiveKeep0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop utility that preserves personal archives by replicating identical copies of files across multiple user-chosen storage locations.
  9. 09google-drive-backup-downloader0★1 daylivehobbyWindows app that backs up an entire Google Drive to a local or external drive while preserving folder structure and resuming downloads.
  10. 10mym-downloader0★22 daysliveDesktop and web application that downloads and backs up a creator's posts, private conversations, paid galleries, and purchases from a fan platform into an organized local folder.
  11. 11SyncKeep0★1 day—hobbyDesktop app that synchronizes folders and creates versioned backups automatically while running quietly in the background.
  12. 12VaultDrop0★19 days—hobbyOffline folder backup app for Windows that copies folders to local drives and verifies every file by reading it back from disk, with no cloud.
  13. 13AeternaVault0★16 days—hand-codedBackup application that creates plain, browsable folder backups with optional encryption for Windows and Linux.
  14. 14mountgate2★1 mo—Menubar app that mounts cloud storage services as Finder drives and enables Time Machine backups.
  15. 15mr-clean0★23 days—hobbyMenu bar utility that archives the desktop into timestamped iCloud Drive folders and can restore previous archived desktops.
  16. 16UsbDocumentBackup0★27 days—hobbyDesktop utility that automatically backs up presentation files from USB drives to a PC and cloud storage, organizing them by retention tier.
  17. 17UsbDocumentBackup0★1 mo—hobbyWindows desktop utility that automatically backs up PowerPoint files from USB drives, uploads opened files to the cloud, and deletes local copies after seven days.
  18. 18synology-docker-backup0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app that backs up and restores Docker containers over SSH, covering data, configuration, images, and run state for NAS setups.
  19. 19backuppandapix250★1 mo—ai-builtUtility for backing up and managing photo files.
  20. 20cronopete-bin0★29 daysliveopen sourceGraphical backup utility that continuously saves versions of files and lets users restore older states, inspired by Apple Time Machine.

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.