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Keelhaven vs restic: catalog facts
Keelhaven	restic
Free Keelhaven is free and open source under GPLv3.	Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Schedules backups and verifies repositories Encrypts data on the Mac	One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed
Runs on macOS 14 or later. Restores whole snapshots into a new folder; it does not browse snapshots to restore individual files.	Command line only; any graphical interface or scheduling comes from third-party projects Still pre-1.0, so the project does not yet guarantee backward compatibility across major versions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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