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Pika BackupKBackup
Free

Free and open source under the GPL, part of GNOME Circle.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.

Linux Linux
  • BorgBackup underneath, which is well tested and deduplicates aggressively
  • Local and remote destinations can run at the same time
  • Profile files define included and excluded folders and files
  • Backs up to local drives or any remote URL
  • Designed for personal data; it does not support complete system recovery
  • Linux only, and clearly built for GNOME
  • Linux only
  • Plain tar archives rather than deduplicated or encrypted snapshots
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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