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Clonezilla vs Partclone: catalog facts
Clonezilla	Partclone
Free Free and open source, released under the GPL and developed at Taiwan's NCHC Free Software…	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Linux	Linux
Images a whole drive including the boot loader, so a restore just boots Skips unused blocks on filesystems it understands, keeping images small	Used-block imaging across multiple filesystem types
You boot into it; there is no scheduled or background operation The destination drive must be at least as large as the source	Restoring an image overwrites the destination partition.
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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