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restic vs rsnapshot: catalog facts
restic	rsnapshot
Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed	Every snapshot is a browsable directory, so restoring is just copying a file Hard links make dozens of retained snapshots cheap in disk space
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	No encryption or compression of its own Hard links mean the backup destination must be a filesystem that supports them
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	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 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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