Open Source Backup Software

FreeArc combines best 7-zip and RAR features: auto-selected LZMA/PPMD/Multimedia compression, 1gb dictionary, exe/dict/delta data filters, updatable solid archives, SFXes, recovery record, AES+Twofish+Serpent encryption, Linux support and much more...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ windows users, note that luckybackup is originally developed for linux and the windows port (version) is under heavy development at the moment. Feedback is more than welcome and will be appreciated, but please consider the above before you provide a negative review. windows dedicated forum: https://sourceforge.net/p/luckybackup/discussion/2264489/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system for backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, Macs and laptops to a server's disk. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Webacula - Web Bacula - web interface of a Bacula backup system ( bacula[dot]org )

Foldersync is a folder synchronization program available for operating systems supported by Java. Fast easy to use synchronization of folders or drives. Synchronize folders in several ways and use filters.

phpMyBackupPro is a web-based MySQL backup application in PHP. You can schedule backups, download, email or upload them with FTP and backup whole file directories. Zip and gzip compression, easy interface and installation. Many languages and online help!

Bacula-Web is a web based UI mostly written in PHP which provide you a summarized view of your Bacula's backup infrastructure. It obtain his information from your Bacula catalog's database. Latest stable version is available on https://www.bacula-web.org (Bacula-Web 9.5.0 - released on March 18th 2024).

Arrowbase is a collection of tools for backup persoses. Together they combine a backup system that can be used on more then one Operating system. This makes the project not only widely spread but portable as wel.

Cheap backup: a bashscript that backs up the whole system. The backup can be written on cd-rom/dvd-rom. While restoring, you can choose to restore one file/directory or the whole backup. Some help with restore and dvd-rom-functions is welcome.

PowerFolder provides, private cloud and hybrid cloud solutions for home users, businesses, enterprises and universities, for secure on-premise sync, in-house sharing and cloud backup.

rmw (ReMove to Waste) is a safe-remove utility for the command line. Its goal is to conform to the FreeDesktop.org Trash specification and therefore be compatible with KDE, GNOME, XFCE, and others. Desktop integration is optional however, and by default, rmw will only use a waste folder separated from your desktop trash. One of its unique features is the ability to purge files from your Waste/Trash directories after x number of days.