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Info-ZIP project
Info-ZIP portable compression/archiver utilities
Info-ZIP portable compression/archiver utilities (Zip, UnZip, WiZ, etc.) -
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Clonezilla
A partition and disk imaging/cloning program
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). -
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7-Zip
A free file archiver for extremely high compression
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip works in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2022 / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. And there is command line version for Linux and macOS. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license with GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check the license for details. -
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openmediavault
The open network attached storage solution
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. -
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p7zip is a quick port of 7z.exe and 7za.exe (command line version of 7zip, see www.7-zip.org) for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with highest compression ratio. Since 4.10, p7zip (like 7-zip) supports little-endian and big-endian machines.
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TeleDrive
Unlimited Telegram MTProto personal cloud storage with zero monthly fe
TeleDrive is an open-source, high-performance desktop virtual filesystem client that turns your private Telegram storage channels into an encrypted, unthrottled, unlimited personal cloud drive. Unlike traditional cloud providers (Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud) that charge recurring monthly subscriptions ($10–$20/mo) for storage you never truly own, TeleDrive connects directly to Telegram’s global MTProto datacenters with zero intermediate relay servers and zero hosting costs. Key Highlights: • Zero Monthly Rent: Repurpose Telegram's free, distributed cloud channels into an encrypted personal vault. • Native Tauri 2.0 & Rust Performance: Sub-millisecond binary IPC streaming with under 250MB RAM consumption under heavy workloads. • In-App Document Suite: Multi-page continuous PDF viewer, interactive sortable CSV data studio, and audio/video streaming with instant seekable playback. • Built-In Developer Studio: CodeMirror 6 editor with syntax highlighting for 20+ languages and p -
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zpaqfranz
Zpaq compatible archiver for Win, Linux, Free/OpenBSD, Solaris & MacOS
High-Performance Archiver & Backup for Mission-Critical Data Bulletproof archival for multi-TB datasets, NAS, and VM backups Built for speed: multi-core CPUs and modern SSD/NVMe drives to achieve 1 GB/s+ throughput, up to 3x faster than 7-Zip Far more efficient and versatile than Time Machine or ZFS snapshots Key Features: ✓ Deduplicated, incremental & versioned backups ✓ Anti-ransomware integrity checks & deep validation ✓ Multi-hash support: SHA-2, SHA-3, BLAKE3, XXH3 & more ✓ Strong encryption & low bandwidth overhead for Cloud/NAS/USB ✓ Full deduplicated disk imaging ✓ Read-only Archive Mounting in filesystem ✓ Includes GUI (Win/Linux/Mac): sourceforge.net/projects/catpaq Cross-Platform & Lightweight: Runs on Windows (inc. XP), Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, TrueNAS, Synology, QNAP, ARM, and ESXi. 15+ years of active development • 100% FOSS • Forever Free github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz www.francocorbelli.it/zpaqfranz -
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plakar
plakar is a backup solution powered by Kloset and ptar
plakar is an open-source backup solution designed to protect files, application data, and contextual metadata in a scalable way. It goes beyond basic file copying by storing data and its surrounding context inside Kloset, an immutable open-source data store. The project focuses on making backups easy to start while still supporting advanced data protection scenarios. It emphasizes security through end-to-end encryption for both backup data and metadata. Plakar is also built for reliability, using immutable storage to reduce the risk of accidental modification or corruption. Its main value is giving users and organizations a practical backup system that combines simple operation, strong protection, and support for large datasets with limited memory usage. -
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Redo Rescue: Backup and Recovery
Backup and Recovery Made Easy
Redo Rescue Backup and Recovery can backup and restore an entire system in minutes with a point-and-click interface anyone can use. Bare metal restore to a new, blank drive and be up and running in minutes. Supports saving to and restoring from local disks or shared network drives. Selectively restore partitions and remap them to different locations on the target drive. Additional tools included for partition editing, web browsing, and more. Runs from live CD/USB; no installation needed. Website: http://redorescue.com Forum: https://sourceforge.net/p/redobackup/discussion/ GitHub: https://github.com/redorescue/redorescue Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redo_Backup_and_Recovery -
MongoDB Atlas runs apps anywhereMongoDB Atlas gives you the freedom to build and run modern applications anywhere—across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. With global availability in over 115 regions, Atlas lets you deploy close to your users, meet compliance needs, and scale with confidence across any geography.
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Fast and user-friendly free tool for drivers's backup, restoration and removal with command line options, automatic restoration from CD\DVD and path formatting. DriverBackup! includes also an interactive command line builder.
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DAR - Disk ARchive
For full, incremental, compressed and encrypted backups or archives
DAR is a command-line backup and archiving tool that uses selective compression (not compressing already compressed files), strong encryption, may split an archive in different files of given size and provides on-fly hashing, supports differential backup with or without binary delta, ftp and sftp protocols to remote cloud storage Archive internal's catalog, allows very quick restoration even a single file from a huge, eventually sliced, compressed, encrypted archive eventually located on a remote cloud storage, by only reading/fetching the necessary data to perform the operation. Dar saves *all* UNIX inode types, takes care of hard links, sparse files as well as Extended Attributes (MacOS X file forks, Linux ACL, SELinux tags, user attributes) and some Filesystem Specific Attributes (Linux ext2/3/4, Mac OS X HFS+) more details at: http://dar.linux.free.fr/doc/Features.html -
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restic
Fast, secure and efficient backup program
Restic is a backup program that is designed to be easy to use, fast, secure and efficient. It makes doing backups a fast and frictionless process, so you can backup your files every day if you need to. It supports backends for storing backups natively, including on the local directory, sftp server (via SSH), HTTP REST server (protocol rest server), OpenStack Swift, among many others. It also uses cryptography to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your data. Restic supports Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, as well as FreeBSD and OpenBSD. -
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FreeArc combines best 7-zip and RAR features: auto-selected LZMA/PPMD/Multimedia compression, 1gb dictionary, exe/dict/delta data filters, updatable solid archives, SFXes, recovery record, AES+Twofish+Serpent encryption, Linux support and much more...
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RoboMirror's aim is to provide a very simple and user-centered GUI for Robocopy to allow for easy synchronization of two directory trees, e.g., to perform a robust incremental backup, both locally (e.g., to an external hard disk) and across the network. Additionally, RoboMirror supports volume shadow copies. By using shadow copies, all files can be copied, including files locked by running processes (Outlook, SQL Server...).
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Grsync is used to synchronize folders, files and make backups. It is a rsync GUI (Graphical User Interface).
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Kopia
Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS and Linux
Kopia is a fast, secure, and open-source backup and restore tool designed to help users and administrators protect important data by creating encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and storing them in a range of local, network, or cloud storage locations. Instead of imaging entire machines, it focuses on backing up selected files and directories with efficient incremental backups that only transfer changed data, which reduces storage and bandwidth needs. Kopia has both a command-line interface for automation and scripting as well as a graphical UI for interactive use, making it suitable for advanced users and those who prefer visual tools. Its architecture supports end-to-end encryption, optional compression, and deduplication, so multiple backups can share data efficiently, and repositories can be stored securely even in untrusted locations. -
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Partclone is a project like the well-known backup utility "Partition Image" a.k.a partimage. Partclone provide utilities to back up used blocks and design for higher compatibility of the file system using supported library like e2fslibs.
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luckyBackup
...a powerful, fast and reliable backup & sync tool.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ windows users, note that luckybackup is originally developed for linux and the windows port (version) is under heavy development at the moment. Feedback is more than welcome and will be appreciated, but please consider the above before you provide a negative review. windows dedicated forum: https://sourceforge.net/p/luckybackup/discussion/2264489/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -
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FreeFileSync
Free data backup software to synchronize files and folders
FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software that helps you synchronize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux and macOS. It is designed to save your time setting up and running data backups while having nice visual feedback along the way. _______________________________________________________________ DOWNLOAD LINKS (official homepage): https://freefilesync.org/ -
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Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit managing backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds. Based on Source Forge downloads, Bacula is the most popular Open Source backup program.
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Rockstor
BTRFS based NAS and private cloud storage solution
Rockstor is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) and private cloud storage solution based on advanced Linux technologies like BTRFS, Docker and others. In addition to standard NAS features like file sharing via NFS, Samba, SFTP and AFP, advanced features such as online volume management, CoW Snapshots, asynchronous replication, compression, and bitrot protection are supported based on BTRFS. Rockstor also provides apps like ownCloud, Syncthing, OpenVPN, and Plex to name a few. Apps or "Rock-ons" are powered by a Docker-based application hosting framework. And new ones can be simply added. These Rock-ons, combined with advanced NAS features, turn Rockstor into a private cloud storage solution accessible from anywhere, giving users complete control of cost, ownership, privacy and data security. Rockstor UI is written in Javascript, making it simple to manage everything from your Web browser. The backend is written in Python and exposes RESTful APIs to easily extend functionality! -
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Openfiler is a browser-based network storage management utility. Linux-powered, Openfiler delivers file-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) and block-based SAN in a single framework. It supports CIFS, NFS, HTTP/DAV, FTP, and iSCSI.
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ZeroByte
Backup automation for self-hosters
ZeroByte is a self-hosted backup automation platform built around the robust Restic backup engine, delivering encrypted, compressed, and schedulable data protection with a modern web interface. It targets self-hosting enthusiasts, homelab operators, and small teams who need a straightforward way to manage backups across diverse storage backends without resorting to complex scripts or CLI-only tools. Zerobyte lets you configure automated jobs with flexible schedules and retention policies, monitor backup jobs through a centralized dashboard, and choose from multiple source types (like local directories, NFS, SMB, WebDAV, and more), all while ensuring end-to-end encryption via Restic underneath. The system also supports common remote destinations such as S3-compatible storage or REST servers and encapsulates much of the complexity of backup logic so users can focus on reliability and restore confidence rather than manual orchestration. -
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AutoMySQLBackup
Automatic MySQL Backup
AutoMySQLBackup with a basic configuration will create Daily, Weekly and Monthly backups of one or more of your MySQL databases from one or more of your MySQL servers. Other Features include: - Email notification of backups - Backup Compression and Encryption - Configurable backup rotation - Incremental database backups Time for a new maintainer.. I first created AutoMySQLBackup in 2002 and since then it's helped many thousands of admins keep their databases backed up.. I always had one basic requirement and that was that it should always be super simple to initially get working.. I would like to hand it over now to someone with the time and skill to keep it updated and take it further.. If you would like to take over the project please get in touch.. -
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UrBackup
Open Source Client/Server Network Backup System
Efficient Client-Server Backup system for Linux, macOS and Windows. A client for Windows, FreeBSD and Linux lets you backup open files and complete partition images (Windows). Backups are stored to disks in a efficient way (deduplication) on either Windows or Linux servers.
