Alternatives to Minarca

An open-source, self-hosted backup system with desktop agents and a central server for managing backups. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Minarca.

  • UrBackup

    Manage file and image backups through a client-server system.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    UrBackup is open source under AGPL-3.0 and adds image backups to file backups in its client-server system, with a server to maintain.

  • BackupPC

    Back up computers to a centrally managed server.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

    BackupPC is open source under GPL-3.0, backing up computers to a central Linux server with a web interface, needing Perl and transfer dependencies.

  • BURP

    Network backup and restore server with deduplication and encryption.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    BURP is an open source network backup server with deduplication, encryption and Windows VSS support, but uses file-based configuration with no core GUI.

  • Bareos

    Network backup system that archives and restores data across mixed server fleets.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxSelf-hosted

    Bareos is an AGPL-3.0 client-server backup system for mixed server fleets, with a director, storage daemons and database requiring administrator-level setup.

  • Bacula

    Enterprise network backup system with director, storage and client daemons.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Bacula is an open source enterprise network backup system that scales to tape libraries and many clients, with extensive and unforgiving configuration.

  • Amanda

    Long-running network backup system for disk and tape.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Amanda is a long-running open source network backup system for disk and tape, writing standard tar or dump archives through a command-line interface.

  • Synology Active Backup for Business

    A Synology NAS package that backs up PCs, Macs, servers and virtual machines from one console.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSSelf-hosted

    Synology Active Backup for Business moves the server onto a Synology NAS and adds bare-metal recovery, but it is closed source and Synology-only.

  • Comet Backup

    Backup software for MSPs and IT teams, with a central server and clients for many platforms.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Comet Backup is paid, closed-source MSP software with a central server and clients for Windows, macOS and Linux, plus hypervisor and Microsoft 365 support.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Minarca as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • BorgWarehouse

    A self-hosted web interface for running a central BorgBackup repository server.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Minarca is a self-hosted central backup server with desktop agents and a dashboard, but it is built on rdiff-backup rather than BorgBackup.

  • IDrive 360

    Endpoint cloud backup service for businesses, MSPs and IT teams, managed from a central console.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Minarca is open-source and self-hosted, with agents for Windows, macOS and Linux and a central server dashboard, though it does file-based backups only.

  • rdiff-backup

    Reverse incremental backup that keeps the newest copy as a plain mirror.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Minarca builds on rdiff-backup and adds desktop agents, a central server with dashboard and alerts, and multi-tenant accounts, but requires running your own server.

  • Rdiffweb

    Self-hosted web interface for browsing, managing and restoring rdiff-backup backup repositories.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Minarca builds on rdiff-backup with a central server dashboard, alerts, per-user quotas and desktop agents for Windows, macOS and Linux, rather than only a restore interface.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.