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rsnapshot vs restic: catalog facts
rsnapshot	restic
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	One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed
No encryption or compression of its own Hard links mean the backup destination must be a filesystem that supports them	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
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 20, 2026

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