Alternatives to rustic
Create encrypted, deduplicated backups in restic-compatible repositories. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
rustic
Create encrypted, deduplicated backups in restic-compatible repositories.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as rustic.
restic
A single-executable backup program that makes encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and can send them almost anywhere.
Restic is the original tool whose repository format rustic uses, a single static binary with a longer track record, still command line only and pre-1.0.
BorgBackup
A deduplicating archiver for Linux, macOS and BSD that makes daily backups cost almost nothing beyond the day’s changes.
BorgBackup offers similar encrypted deduplicated backups but uses its own repository format, runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, and has no native Windows build.
Kopia
An encrypted snapshot backup tool with both a command line and a proper desktop app, pointed at whatever storage you choose.
Kopia adds a desktop app alongside the command line, with end-to-end encryption, compression and deduplication, but uses its own repository format instead of restic's.
Duplicacy
A deduplicating cloud backup tool whose lock-free design lets several machines share one storage bucket.
Duplicacy lets several machines share one deduplicated cloud bucket, but its licence is not open source and the web interface and commercial use are paid.
Duplicati
A backup client with a web interface that encrypts your files and pushes them to more than twenty cloud services.
Duplicati replaces the command line with a web interface and built-in scheduler, uses an MIT licence, and can be slow restoring very large backup sets.
Duplicity
Encrypted, bandwidth-efficient incremental backup to remote storage.
Duplicity encrypts and signs backups for many remote back ends, but relies on incremental chains that need periodic full backups and can make restores slow.
Plakar
An open-source encrypted, deduplicating backup tool with snapshots and a web interface for browsing restores.
Plakar makes encrypted, deduplicated snapshots with a web interface for browsing restores, but it is listed for Linux only and is a young project.
Also worth comparing
These listings name rustic as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
bup
Command-line backup system built on the git packfile format with deduplication and fast incremental saves.
rustic creates encrypted, deduplicated backups in restic-compatible repositories and runs on Windows, but it is a younger project than restic.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Backrest
Schedule and restore restic backups through a browser interface.
Restic Browser
Browse and restore files from existing restic repositories.
Restic REST Server
Provide a remote REST storage endpoint for restic backups.
BorgBase
A hosted storage service for BorgBackup and Restic repositories with monitoring and append-only mode.
Vorta
A desktop front end for BorgBackup, so encrypted deduplicated backups stop being a cron job.
rdiff-backup
Reverse incremental backup that keeps the newest copy as a plain mirror.
