Plakar
An open-source encrypted, deduplicating backup tool with snapshots and a web interface for browsing restores.
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About Plakar
Plakar is a backup tool built on the Kloset storage engine and the ptar archive format. It takes snapshots of your data, encrypts them and deduplicates them, so repeated backups store only what has changed.
It is driven from the command line, and it includes a web interface for browsing snapshots and restoring files. The project is actively developed on GitHub, with a large commit history and a Dockerfile for container deployments.
Strengths
- Encrypted, deduplicated snapshots
- Web interface for browsing and restoring backups
- Active development
Limitations
- Command-line oriented setup
- Younger project than established tools like restic or Borg
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- PlakarKorp
- Platforms
- Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Technical users who want encrypted snapshot backups with a browsable web UI
- Categories
- Backup tools, Encryption tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Plakar
Compare allSoftware that can replace Plakar for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
restic
A single-executable backup program that makes encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and can send them almost anywhere.
restic is an older single-binary tool with encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and many cloud backends, but it has no web interface of its own.
BorgBackup
A deduplicating archiver for Linux, macOS and BSD that makes daily backups cost almost nothing beyond the day’s changes.
BorgBackup is a more established deduplicating archiver working over SSH, with FUSE-mountable archives, but it is command line only and primarily a Unix tool.
Kopia
An encrypted snapshot backup tool with both a command line and a proper desktop app, pointed at whatever storage you choose.
Kopia provides encrypted, deduplicated snapshots with a desktop app instead of a web interface, and it runs on Windows and macOS as well as Linux.
rustic
Create encrypted, deduplicated backups in restic-compatible repositories.
rustic creates encrypted, deduplicated backups in restic-compatible repositories and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, though it is also a younger project.
Duplicacy
A deduplicating cloud backup tool whose lock-free design lets several machines share one storage bucket.
Duplicacy lets several machines share one deduplicated storage bucket without a server, but its license is not open source and its web interface is paid.
Duplicati
A backup client with a web interface that encrypts your files and pushes them to more than twenty cloud services.
Duplicati offers encrypted incremental backups to many cloud services through a web interface and scheduler, but large restores can be slow.
Plakar as an alternative
Listings that name Plakar as an alternative.
bup
Command-line backup system built on the git packfile format with deduplication and fast incremental saves.
Plakar adds encryption and a web interface for browsing and restoring deduplicated snapshots, though setup is command-line oriented and the project is younger.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Backrest
Schedule and restore restic backups through a browser interface.
Restic Browser
Browse and restore files from existing restic repositories.
BorgBase
A hosted storage service for BorgBackup and Restic repositories with monitoring and append-only mode.
Restic REST Server
Provide a remote REST storage endpoint for restic backups.
