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Backrest vs Kopia: catalog facts
Backrest	Kopia
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Browse snapshots and schedule maintenance in one interface	A desktop app and a command line tool that share the same repository format End-to-end encryption with keys you control, plus compression and deduplication
Depends on restic and requires backup storage.	Backs up the files and folders you choose; it is not a whole-disk imaging tool Still pre-1.0, so repository format changes between versions are possible
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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