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rsnapshot vs Kopia: catalog facts
rsnapshotKopia
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Free

Free and open source, with no paid edition.

macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, 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
  • A desktop app and a command line tool that share the same repository format
  • End-to-end encryption with keys you control, plus compression and deduplication
  • No encryption or compression of its own
  • Hard links mean the backup destination must be a filesystem that supports them
  • Backs up the files and folders you choose; it is not a whole-disk imaging tool
  • Still pre-1.0, so repository format changes between versions are possible
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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