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Rescuezilla vs Timeshift: catalog facts
Rescuezilla	Timeshift
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later. Maintained by the Linux Mint team.
Linux	Linux
Images and backups are fully interchangeable with Clonezilla's in both directions Point-and-click interface instead of Clonezilla's text menus	Rolls a broken update back without reinstalling Works on any filesystem with rsync, or natively on BTRFS
You boot into it rather than running it from your desktop Whole-drive imaging is the wrong approach for everyday file backups	Backs up system files, not your documents, by default Linux only
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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