Back In Time

Backup tool for GNU/Linux desktop using rsync's hard-links feature to save storage space

System

Not tested on a device yet. What that means

Back In Time in Breadstick

Breadstick runs Debian's own backintime-qt package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, so Back In Time should look and behave as it does on a Linux PC. On Samsung DeX, Floating mode opens it as its own window beside your Android apps, and Desktop mode runs it on a full Linux desktop.

There is no systemd, and the kernel, disks and network hardware belong to Android, so tools that work with files and processes behave as usual and tools that manage services or drivers have nothing to act on. More about system tools in Breadstick.

About Back In Time

From the project's description

It is an easy-to-use backup tool for files and folders. It runs on GNU Linux and provides a command line tool "backintime" and a Qt5 GUI "backintime-qt". It uses "rsync" in the back to take manual or scheduled snapshots and stores them locally or remotely through SSH. Each snapshot is in its own folder with copies of the original files, but unchanged files are hard-linked between snapshots to save space. It was inspired by "FlyBack".

You only need to specify 3 things:

  1. What folders to back up.
  2. Where to save snapshots.
  3. The backup frequency (manual, every hour, every day, every month).

From the project's AppStream metadata in Debian's backintime-qt package, under FSFAP. Copyright © 2024 Christian Buhtz.

Developer
Back In Time team
Keywords
Backup, GUI, Rsync
Menu categories
Archiving, System

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