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rsnapshot vs Timeshift: catalog facts
rsnapshot	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.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Every snapshot is a browsable directory, so restoring is just copying a file Hard links make dozens of retained snapshots cheap in disk space	Rolls a broken update back without reinstalling Works on any filesystem with rsync, or natively on BTRFS
No encryption or compression of its own Hard links mean the backup destination must be a filesystem that supports them	Backs up system files, not your documents, by default Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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 21, 2026

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