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

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