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Hi everyone!

I've been using Create-Synchronicity for a few years, and it's been great for my needs. However, it hasn't been updated in a while, and I'm curious if there might be a more current alternative out there.

I'm looking for features like mirror, incremental, and two-way incremental backups, as well as the ability to schedule my backups. Opensource is a great plus.

There are plenty of options available, so I thought it would be a good idea to ask you all what you're using and what you would recommend.

Thanks a bunch for your help!

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[–] boramalper 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Syncthing?

There is also Borg but I think it doesn’t have the features you’re looking for such as incremental backups and two-way sync etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sync thing is for syncing not for backing up it doesn't really support the features you would want. but yeah Borgbackup or Restic are probably really good open source options. Although I have never tried them myself.