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Snapper vs Timeshift: catalog facts
Snapper	Timeshift
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later. Maintained by the Linux Mint team.
Linux, Command line	Linux
Undo system modifications by rolling back to a snapshot Works with Btrfs and LVM	Rolls a broken update back without reinstalling Works on any filesystem with rsync, or natively on BTRFS
Linux only and needs a supported filesystem or volume setup Snapshots on the same disk are not a replacement for off-site backups	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
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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