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Timeshift vs rsnapshot: catalog facts
Timeshift	rsnapshot
Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later. Maintained by the Linux Mint team.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
Rolls a broken update back without reinstalling Works on any filesystem with rsync, or natively on BTRFS	Every snapshot is a browsable directory, so restoring is just copying a file Hard links make dozens of retained snapshots cheap in disk space
Backs up system files, not your documents, by default Linux only	No encryption or compression of its own Hard links mean the backup destination must be a filesystem that supports them
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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