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rsnapshot vs Disk ARchive (dar): catalog facts
rsnapshot	Disk ARchive (dar)
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free; source code and static binaries are published.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Every snapshot is a browsable directory, so restoring is just copying a file Hard links make dozens of retained snapshots cheap in disk space	Differential and incremental backups alongside full archives Built-in compression and encryption
No encryption or compression of its own Hard links mean the backup destination must be a filesystem that supports them	Command line only Several parallel branches can make choosing a version confusing
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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