# Proxmox Backup Server Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-backup-server/ 9 people recommended Proxmox Backup Server in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 11 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Free backup server for Proxmox setups, praised for near-instant incremental backups, deduplication and simple, trusted operation. No critics recommended a caveat. Summary written by Claude from 12 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Trusted, well-loved backup system (2 comments in the sample): "The only backup system that I truly love and trust (from experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49739011)) "enjoy the bliss of Proxmox Backup Server" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829240)) - Deduplicated, incremental backups (2 comments in the sample): "it is the perfect forever near instant incremental backups that sold me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863098)) "Good backup software deduplicates on storage." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46420034)) - Integrates well with Proxmox (2 comments in the sample): "Proxmox/pbs/truenas/talos/linstor/DRBD are all amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687682)) "how well it integrates with proxmox backup server" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47576762)) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Proxmox Backup Server", https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-backup-server/ (9 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.