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  1. rclone

    rclone (Nick Craig-Wood)

    87

    Sync files with 70+ cloud storage services

    Open source 89 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  2. Duplicati

    Duplicati Inc.

    87

    Encrypted backups to any cloud

    Open source 87 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  3. restic

    restic authors

    87

    Secure command-line backups

    Open source 81 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  4. Kopia

    Kopia Project

    87

    Fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups

    Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  5. BUtil

    Siarhei Kuchuk

    67

    BUtil creates incremental backups, synchronization, and media imports on Windows and Linux with deduplication and support for WebDAV, S3-compatible, NFS, Azure Blob, SFTP, FTPS, and SMB/CIFS storages.

    Open source 77 Windows
  6. Confold

    confold

    67

    Fast, keyboard-driven folder & file comparison, migrate and sync tool

    Open source 77 Windows
  7. Cram

    Nexal IT

    67

    Multi-format archiver. ZIP, 7z, tar, ISO and RAR in one command, mountable as folders.

    Open source 77 Windows
  8. cv4pve-autosnap

    Corsinvest Srl

    67

    Automatic Snapshot Tool for Proxmox VE

    Open source 77 Windows
  9. cv4pve-node-protect

    Corsinvest Srl

    67

    Backup tool for Proxmox VE node configuration via SSH

    Open source 77 Windows
  10. Exports Discord chat logs to a file

    Open source 77 Windows
  11. diskutility

    viorizz

    67

    A fast terminal disk utility for Windows - format, erase, benchmark, back up, clone and write bootable images with a beautiful TUI.

    Open source 77 Windows
  12. DriveForge

    ForgeLabsSoft

    67

    Create Windows USB drives, clone your PC, back it up, recover deleted files, and check drive health. Free and open source.

    Open source 77 Windows
  13. Endstate

    substratesystems

    67

    Set up a new Windows PC by reinstalling your apps and restoring your settings from one portable file.

    Open source 77 Windows
  14. Endstate CLI

    substratesystems

    67

    Capture and restore Windows machine state — apps and settings — from the command line.

    Open source 77 Windows
  15. ente

    ente

    67

    Desktop client for ente.io

    Open source 77 Windows
  16. Always-on folder sharing to Android over SFTP - a Windows service that starts at boot and serves with nobody signed in. Administrator rights required.

    Open source 77 Windows
  17. Got Your Back

    Jay Lee - jay0lee@gmail.com

    67

    Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your local computer. It uses Gmail's API over HTTPS.

    Open source 77 Windows
  18. 67

    A desktop app for uploading media and synchronizing local folders with Immich, with per-folder modes, album mapping, file filters, and transfer controls on Windows and Linux.

    Open source 77 Windows
  19. Internxt Drive

    Internxt

    67

    Syncing, backing up, and sharing your files in total privacy couldn’t be easier. With Internxt Drive we focus on user-friendly encrypted storage with military-grade encryption, so only you have control over your files and data.

    Open source 77 Windows
  20. ludusavi

    mtkennerly

    67

    Backup tool for PC game saves

    Open source 77 WindowsLinux
  21. MaxBackup

    Kelly Elton

    67

    backup service

    Open source 77 Windows
  22. 67

    Redumper/Aaru/DiscImageCreator GUI in C#

    Open source 77 Windows
  23. Rclone UI

    Rclone UI

    67

    GUI for Rclone, the CLI for cloud storage & S3.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  24. 67

    A simple, cross-platform restic backup GUI for browsing and restoring restic repositories.

    Open source 77 Windows
  25. RoboMirror

    Martin Kinkelin

    67

    RoboMirror is a GUI front-end for the quite popular Robocopy.exe command-line utility for Windows.

    Open source 77 Windows
  26. A tiny game backup and homebrew app manager for the Wii

    Open source 77 WindowsLinux
  27. UrBackup Client

    UrBackup

    67

    UrBackup is an easy to setup Open Source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time.

    Open source 77 Windows
  28. XIV Vault CLI

    Hazel Granados

    67

    Command line for XIV Vault, which backs up and restores your Dalamud plugin settings and FFXIV game settings.

    Open source 77 Windows
  29. MozBackup

    Pavel Cvrcek

    67

    MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite, Spicebird, Songbird and Netscape profiles.

    Open source 75 Windows
  30. Backrest

    garethgeorge

    67

    Backrest installer

    Open source 70 Windows

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