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shallow-backup vs vcsh: catalog facts
shallow-backup	vcsh
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Backs up dotfiles from their current system paths Can track installed packages and applications	Keeps multiple Git repositories in one home directory Separates configuration by application or application family
Requires Git integration for pushing backups to a remote repository	Requires Git
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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