btrbk
Backup tool for Btrfs that takes atomic snapshots and sends them incrementally to backup locations.
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About btrbk
btrbk makes backups of Btrfs subvolumes using features of the file system itself. It creates atomic snapshots and transfers them incrementally to other disks or remote hosts, keeping retention according to your rules.
Source and target locations are defined in a config file, which covers both simple setups and more complex ones. The repository also includes an SSH filter script for restricting remote access. It suits Linux users running Btrfs who want scheduled snapshot backups.
Strengths
- Atomic Btrfs snapshots with incremental transfers
- Backups to local disks or remote hosts over SSH
- Single config file for simple and complex setups
Limitations
- Only works with Btrfs
- No graphical interface
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- digint
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users on Btrfs who want automated snapshot backups to another disk or host
- Categories
- Backup tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to btrbk
Compare allSoftware that can replace btrbk for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Snapper
A Linux command-line tool for creating and managing filesystem snapshots so system changes can be undone.
Snapper manages Btrfs and LVM snapshots for rolling back system changes and integrates with zypper and PAM, but its snapshots stay on the same disk rather than another host.
Timeshift
System restore for Linux: scheduled snapshots you can roll back to after an update goes wrong.
Timeshift schedules Btrfs or rsync snapshots with a graphical interface and automatic pruning. It is aimed at rolling back system files and needs an Ubuntu-style subvolume layout in Btrfs mode.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Btrfs Assistant
A Linux GUI for managing Btrfs subvolumes, Snapper snapshots, and balance and scrub tasks.
Sanoid
Policy-driven ZFS snapshot management and replication tools, with syncoid for sending snapshots to other machines.
zrepl
ZFS backup and replication daemon that snapshots datasets and replicates them between pools and hosts.
rsnapshot
Filesystem snapshot backups using rsync and hard links.
BorgBackup
A deduplicating archiver for Linux, macOS and BSD that makes daily backups cost almost nothing beyond the day’s changes.
Back In Time
Graphical front-end for incremental rsync backups on Linux.
