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backintime
Python2019–2026
bit-team / backintime
backintime
A comfortable and well-configurable graphical Frontend for incremental backups, with a command-line version also available. Modified files are transferred, while unchanged files are linked to the new folder using rsync's hard link feature, saving storage space. Restoring is straightforward via file manager, command line or Back In Time itself.
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What it is
A comfortable and well-configurable graphical Frontend for incremental backups, with a command-line version also available. Modified files are transferred, while unchanged files are linked to the new folder using rsync's hard link feature, saving storage space. Restoring is straightforward via file manager, command line or Back In Time itself.
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Observed mentions: 2019-06-12 11:08:37 UTC to 2026-09-03 06:29:41 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesPlease allow me to announce the second release candidate preparing for version 1.5.4 targeting the upcoming Debian 13 Trixie.
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.5.4-r...
Please report if you use it even if there are no new problems.
- EncFS, used for encrypted profiles, has been marked as deprecated and is schedule for removal in 2026.
- The Smart & Auto remove GUI has been reorganized and renamed into "Remove & Retention", with improvements to the user manual section. Its behavior remains unchange.
- An offset minute can now be configured for hourly schedule options.
- Some config file fields have been moved to a newly introduced state file.
- License and copyright information is now provided in machine-readable SPDX format, following the REUSE standard.
- See CHANGELOG for more details.
In Back in Time – Second Release Candidate (1.5.4-Rc2)