Open Source Unix Shell Backup Software

Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image®. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).

OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. OpenMediaVault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy to use out-of-the-box solution that will allow everyone to install and administrate a Network Attached Storage without deeper knowledge.

Duply is a shell front end for the duplicity backup tool https://duplicity.us . It simplifies the usage by implementing backup job profiles, batch commands and more. Secure backup to non-trusted file spaces made easy.

Grsync is used to synchronize folders, files and make backups. It is a rsync GUI (Graphical User Interface).

G4L version 0.68 has some major changes in build, but operation is mostly the same. Note: Build using Fedora 41 as Build system. Build Issue This Zip contains multiple files First is similar to the previous ISO files uses syslinux and can be written to CD or Flash Release 0.68a started 2025/03/02 Fedora 41 12923904 Aug 29 08:42 bz6x16.4 12973056 Aug 25 15:14 bz6x17.rc3 BusyBox v1.38.0.git (2025-08-24 07:03:57 ChST) multi-call binary. ncftp-3.3.0-1.fc41.x86_64 NcFTP 3.3.0 (Apr 23, 2025) updated version 9 of /bin/f3read and /bin/f3write added version 9 of /bin/f3fix, /bin/f3brew, and /bin/f3probe Updated Grub4dos grub4dos-for_UEFI-2025-08-14.7z grub4dos-0.4.6a-2025-08-12.7z

SaraB - Schedule And Rotate Automatic Backups. Supports the Towers of Hanoi, Grandfather-Father-Son, or any custom backup rotation strategy. Easy to use and highly configurable. SaraB utilizes the great backup program, DAR (Disk ARchive).

The aoetools are programs for users of the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) network storage protocol, a simple protocol for using storage over an ethernet LAN. The vblade program (storage target) exports a block device using AoE.

FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. FOG can be used to image Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 PCs using PXE, PartClone, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.

m23 is a free software distribution system (license: GPL), that installs (via network, starting with partitioning and formatting) and administrates (updates, adds / removes software, adds / removes scripts) clients with Debian, (X/K)Ubuntu and LinuxMint. It is used for deployment of Linux clients in schools, institutions and enterprises. The m23 server is controlled via a web interface. A new m23 client can be installed easily in only three steps. Group functions and mass installation tools make managing a vast number of clients comfortable. The integration of existing clients (with .deb-based distributions) into the system is possible, too. Client backup and server backup are included to avoid data loss. With the integrated virtualisation software, m23 can create and manage virtual m23 clients, that run on real m23 clients or the m23 server. Scripts and software packages (for installation on clients) can be created directly from the m23 web interface.

SystemImager is software that makes the installation of Linux to masses of similar machines relatively easy. It makes software distribution, configuration, and operating system updates easy, and can also be used for content distribution.

MANGO is a live CD/USB pendrive to do a massive clone of disk or partition over the network. You can clone easily a lot of computers at the same time.

IMPORTANT: The project has moved. The latest version can be found at https://github.com/gkiefer/backup2l. backup2l is a lightweight tool for generating, maintaining and restoring backups on a mountable file system. The main design goals are low maintenance effort, efficiency, transparency and robustness.

Free virtual appliance to backup and replicate Linux servers and ©VMWare ©ESXi virtual machines from version 5.1 to 8.0. https://33hops.com/xsibackup-app-detailed-installation-instructions.html ©XSIBackup-App connects to multiple Linux or ©ESXi servers and backs VMs & files up to, local disk, NFS, iSCSI, Samba, etc... or to any Linux or ©ESXi server over IP, it just needs the SSH port open. This appliance is based in CentOS 7 and has root access. You can install any available software, including drivers for Amazon S3, Azure, Google Cloud, etc... We have improved speed with regards to the hypervisor service versions, mainly due to more flexible buffering. It follows the same principles and command line arguments as ©XSIBackup-DC. This new approach has many advantages over the software running directly in the Hypervisor OS, as it can backup an unlimited number of servers from a centralized console and you don't need to install anything in the Hypervisor OS

A project to provide change control for OpenDocument files via subversion under Unix. Can check in internal changes in files and allows users to recover any previous version, view logs and compare with older versions.

mp3 library, advanced ID3V1 and ID3V2 tagger, player. Organize a large mp3 library, over 40,000 songs. Speech synthesis and tag backup utilities. Scripts to maintain and organize song files.

KBackup is an easy-to-use backup package for Unix. It was originally writen by Karsten Balluder. Currently, it's development has stagnated, and several fixes are needed. The main mailing-list for KBackup is in egroups (www.egroups.com).

Make CD-ROM Recovery (mkCDrec) makes a bootable (El Torito) disaster recovery image, including backups of the linux system to the same CD-ROM if space permits, or to a multi-volume CD-ROM set. Be aware: ----------- Please use "Relax-and-Recover"(ReaR - https://relax-and-recover.org) instead of mkCDrec. mkCDrec is an "abandoned project".

snap2 is a powerful rsync-based backup program (shell script) for Linux desktop PCs. It has a user-friendly GUI. It creates automatically-rotating 'snapshot' backups, or a mirror backup. It can also be run non-interactively, via cron.

Mondo Rescue is a GPL suite designed to create disaster recovery or cloning physical or virtual media from which you'll be able to boot in order to restore or clone your original system. It does that in an automatic or interactive way allowing modifs

Bare Metal Recovery is designed to give almost complete bare-metal restoration of Linux without needing a cold boot/clone of the image. This is done by taking a quick snapshot of the active hardware in addition to regular backups.

Fud stands for "Fuck U D..." (guess what D means?). It was written and it is actively developed in order to offer a free and open-source alternative to existing proprietary software just like Dropbox, Box.Net, etc.

The Simple Linux Backup software simplifies the task of backing up a Linux desktop system. It has a friendly user interface and backs up your important files automatically every day.

©XSIBackup-DC is a C binary that runs in the ©ESXi shell and behaves as a backup and replica service. It follows the same principles as our previous ©XSIBackup editions, that is: a utility that runs in the hypervisor command line and accepts arguments and values stating which VMs to backup and where to copy them. It accepts local and remote SSH paths, thus you can backup and replicate VMs to local datastores or to remote repositories in any additional ©ESXi or Linux server. Download at: https://33hops.com/xsibackup-vmware-esxi-backup.html

script for full/differencial backup based on shell commands as: sed, tar, diff, ... the whole backup system is user-friendly with command-line features (like gentoo's portage :-) easy to configure and use.

ABS has moved to GitHub. For future updates, please see http://mlangbehn.github.io/ABackupSystem/