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pibackup is a portable 64-bit live backup tool with a graphical user interface (GUI), specially designed for Raspberry Pi and similar Linux systems. It supports live backups of running systems, but can also create images from inactive drives. Restores are safe and flexible, offering various options.
Unlike typical SD card tools, it is optimized for large storage devices such as SSDs and HDDs, while still working seamlessly with smaller devices. It creates backups of the first two partitions of any storage device and provides selective restoration. After creating a backup, pibackup can automatically remove specified files and folders from the image, shrink it, and compress it efficiently using Zstandard (.zst) to save space.
Features
- Simple graphical user interface (GUI)
- Automatically backs up the first two partitions of the selected device
- live backup possible
- Image shrinking after creation to optimize storage usage
- Efficient compression using zstd
- Backups can be saved to other partitions on the same drive
- Supports SD cards, SSDs, HDDs, and other block devices
- Direct restore from **`.img`** or **`.img.zst`** files – no manual decompression required
- Partition size can range between the minimum image size and the maximum available storage
- Live preview of the planned target layout
- Existing partitions remain intact by default
- Filesystem automatically resized to fit the partition by default
- manual partition size adjustment is possible
- Set / change username and / or password
- Set / change wifi SSID and/or psk(password)
- enable SSH
- Configure Raspberry OS before first boot
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