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Btrfs Assistant vs Timeshift: catalog facts
Btrfs Assistant	Timeshift
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later. Maintained by the Linux Mint team.
Linux	Linux
Manages subvolumes in a graphical interface Works with Snapper snapshots	Rolls a broken update back without reinstalling Works on any filesystem with rsync, or natively on BTRFS
Linux and Btrfs only Snapshot features depend on Snapper being set up	Backs up system files, not your documents, by default Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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