The best backup softwares, according to hackers
8 backup softwares recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
- Most recommendedTime Machine70 people recommend it
- Built to lastSuperDuperowners report a median of 12 years
- Least regretCarbon Copy Cloner15 recommend, 0 criticize
All backup softwares
- Time MachineBuilt into macOS and free; people recommend it for quiet, hands-off backups and restoring whole machines. Critics most often report stalled or silently failed backups.70recommend
- Arq BackupPeople recommend Arq as a quiet, reliable backup tool that lets you bring your own storage and encrypts backups. Critics say it's less polished, especially on Windows.30recommend
- KopiaFree backup tool that people recommend over paid options, with GUI restores and support for multiple repositories. Common caveat: local config makes scripting and declarative setups harder.16recommend
- Carbon Copy ClonerMac backup app people use for reliable clones and selective backups, with a graphical interface rsync lacks. Caveat: bootable backups unsupported since Big Sur.15recommend
- BorgBackupFast, deduplicated, encrypted backups that are easy to restore and run with limited privileges. One critic worries deduplication is a backup liability.12recommend
- SuperDuperReliable Mac backup app that makes bootable clones and runs quietly across many macOS updates. Critics mainly point to a website and docs they suspect were LLM-generated.12recommend
- TarsnapPeople recommend Tarsnap as a very good encrypted backup service with brilliant software, though critics say it is expensive.9recommend
- DuplicatiFree encrypted backup tool that keeps data unless you exclude it and reports failures. Critics say retrieving files from cold storage is slow.6recommend