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I use BackInTime, which works in a similar way but is much more configurable. I have hourly backups of all my code for the past day, then a single daily for the past week, etc.

Saved my ass a few times.

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Sounds like rsnapshot (rsync with hardlinks and scheduling) but the BackInTime repo doesn't mention any comparison of how it's different, though Timeshift says they're similar. Anyone have experience with BiT vs rsnapshot?

BackInTime works similar to Apple TimeMachine. It uses hardlinks + new files. Plus, it keeps settings for that backup inside the repository itself, so you can install the tool, show the folder, and start restoring.

On top of that BiT supports network backups and multiple profiles. I'm using it on my desktop systems with multiple profiles for years and it's very reliable.

However it's a GUI first application, so for server applications Borg is a much better choice.

I've used BackInTime since 2010. I loved that, even without using the tool, you could just poke through the file structure, and get an old version of any backed up file.

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