Open Source Unix Shell Backup Software

Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image®. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).

OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. OpenMediaVault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy to use out-of-the-box solution that will allow everyone to install and administrate a Network Attached Storage without deeper knowledge.

Duply is a shell front end for the duplicity backup tool https://duplicity.us . It simplifies the usage by implementing backup job profiles, batch commands and more. Secure backup to non-trusted file spaces made easy.

Grsync is used to synchronize folders, files and make backups. It is a rsync GUI (Graphical User Interface).

FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. FOG can be used to image Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 PCs using PXE, PartClone, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.

G4L version 0.68 has some major changes in build, but operation is mostly the same. Note: Build using Fedora 41 as Build system. Build Issue This Zip contains multiple files First is similar to the previous ISO files uses syslinux and can be written to CD or Flash Release 0.68a started 2025/03/02 Fedora 41 12923904 Aug 29 08:42 bz6x16.4 12973056 Aug 25 15:14 bz6x17.rc3 BusyBox v1.38.0.git (2025-08-24 07:03:57 ChST) multi-call binary. ncftp-3.3.0-1.fc41.x86_64 NcFTP 3.3.0 (Apr 23, 2025) updated version 9 of /bin/f3read and /bin/f3write added version 9 of /bin/f3fix, /bin/f3brew, and /bin/f3probe Updated Grub4dos grub4dos-for_UEFI-2025-08-14.7z grub4dos-0.4.6a-2025-08-12.7z

The aoetools are programs for users of the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) network storage protocol, a simple protocol for using storage over an ethernet LAN. The vblade program (storage target) exports a block device using AoE.

SaraB - Schedule And Rotate Automatic Backups. Supports the Towers of Hanoi, Grandfather-Father-Son, or any custom backup rotation strategy. Easy to use and highly configurable. SaraB utilizes the great backup program, DAR (Disk ARchive).

mac-cleanup is a cleanup script for macOS.

SystemImager is software that makes the installation of Linux to masses of similar machines relatively easy. It makes software distribution, configuration, and operating system updates easy, and can also be used for content distribution.

A project to provide change control for OpenDocument files via subversion under Unix. Can check in internal changes in files and allows users to recover any previous version, view logs and compare with older versions.

m23 is a free software distribution system (license: GPL), that installs (via network, starting with partitioning and formatting) and administrates (updates, adds / removes software, adds / removes scripts) clients with Debian, (X/K)Ubuntu and LinuxMint. It is used for deployment of Linux clients in schools, institutions and enterprises. The m23 server is controlled via a web interface. A new m23 client can be installed easily in only three steps. Group functions and mass installation tools make managing a vast number of clients comfortable. The integration of existing clients (with .deb-based distributions) into the system is possible, too. Client backup and server backup are included to avoid data loss. With the integrated virtualisation software, m23 can create and manage virtual m23 clients, that run on real m23 clients or the m23 server. Scripts and software packages (for installation on clients) can be created directly from the m23 web interface.

snap2 is a powerful rsync-based backup program (shell script) for Linux desktop PCs. It has a user-friendly GUI. It creates automatically-rotating 'snapshot' backups, or a mirror backup. It can also be run non-interactively, via cron.

MANGO is a live CD/USB pendrive to do a massive clone of disk or partition over the network. You can clone easily a lot of computers at the same time.

A simple BASH script to do nightly backups to tarballs to a seperate hard drive (not to tape). Supports full and incremental backups. Ideal for linux home users to easily backup all or parts of their system, provided they have an extra hard drive.

Linux-based Network Bootmanager A graphical bootmanager providing OS deployment and repair for Linux, Windows, possibly other operating systems, via PXE and local cache.

Mondo Rescue is a GPL suite designed to create disaster recovery or cloning physical or virtual media from which you'll be able to boot in order to restore or clone your original system. It does that in an automatic or interactive way allowing modifs

BmuS is a powerful free backup program for the automated backup of files, directories, and MySQL databases from a Linux / Raspberry Pi system to a NAS or network drive. It features encryption, deduplication, and much more. BmuS was developed with low-resource systems in mind, enabling single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi to run it efficiently. One of the key features that has received special attention (or is it called “Love”?) is the dashboard. The pro version of the dashboard does not only provide simple status information, but also includes trend analyses (such as size growth, duration and more) and displays the backup history of the last 30 days.

mp3 library, advanced ID3V1 and ID3V2 tagger, player. Organize a large mp3 library, over 40,000 songs. Speech synthesis and tag backup utilities. Scripts to maintain and organize song files.

Free virtual appliance to backup and replicate Linux servers and ©VMWare ©ESXi virtual machines from version 5.1 to 8.0. https://33hops.com/xsibackup-app-detailed-installation-instructions.html ©XSIBackup-App connects to multiple Linux or ©ESXi servers and backs VMs & files up to, local disk, NFS, iSCSI, Samba, etc... or to any Linux or ©ESXi server over IP, it just needs the SSH port open. This appliance is based in CentOS 7 and has root access. You can install any available software, including drivers for Amazon S3, Azure, Google Cloud, etc... We have improved speed with regards to the hypervisor service versions, mainly due to more flexible buffering. It follows the same principles and command line arguments as ©XSIBackup-DC. This new approach has many advantages over the software running directly in the Hypervisor OS, as it can backup an unlimited number of servers from a centralized console and you don't need to install anything in the Hypervisor OS

A postgresql port of the automysqlbackup script.

BashCronBackup is a backup script written in bash that can create full database and file backups. Before the database is dumped it will be optimized and repaired. Further, it will delete old backups for you. Available formats: Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2

KBackup is an easy-to-use backup package for Unix. It was originally writen by Karsten Balluder. Currently, it's development has stagnated, and several fixes are needed. The main mailing-list for KBackup is in egroups (www.egroups.com).

Make CD-ROM Recovery (mkCDrec) makes a bootable (El Torito) disaster recovery image, including backups of the linux system to the same CD-ROM if space permits, or to a multi-volume CD-ROM set. Be aware: ----------- Please use "Relax-and-Recover"(ReaR - https://relax-and-recover.org) instead of mkCDrec. mkCDrec is an "abandoned project".

** This project has moved to a new location: http://relax-and-recover.org/ ** Relax-and-Recover (Rear) is the leading Open Source disaster recovery solution, and successor to mkcdrec. It comprises of a modular framework and ready-to-go workflows for many common situations to produce a bootable image and restore from backup using this image. As a benefit, it allows to restore to different hardware and can therefore be used as a migration tool as well. Currently Relax-and-Recover supports various boot media (incl. ISO, PXE, OBDR tape, USB or eSATA storage), a variety of network protocols (incl. sftp, ftp, http, nfs, cifs) as well as a multitude of backup strategies (incl. IBM TSM, HP DataProtector, Symantec NetBackup, EMC NetWorker, Bacula, rsync). Relax-and-Recover was designed to be easy to set up, requires no maintenance and is there to assist when disaster strikes. Its setup-and-forget nature removes any excuse for not having a disaster recovery solution implemented.