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Clonezilla vs FSArchiver: catalog facts
ClonezillaFSArchiver
Free

Free and open source, released under the GPL and developed at Taiwan's NCHC Free Software…

Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Linux Linux, Command line
  • Images a whole drive including the boot loader, so a restore just boots
  • Skips unused blocks on filesystems it understands, keeping images small
  • Because it works at the filesystem level rather than the block level, an archive can be restored onto…
  • You boot into it; there is no scheduled or background operation
  • The destination drive must be at least as large as the source
  • It is a Linux command-line tool with no interface, and the filesystem must be unmounted before it can…
Downloadable app, Operating system Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL (see project site) License: GPL-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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