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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.

12 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 7 stories, 5 comments · first 2019-06-12 · latest 2026-09-03

Mentions per year 12 mentions · busiest year 2024 (5)
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    Show HN: 2nd Release Canddiate for Back in Time 2.0.0
    story by buhtz · 2026-09-03 · 0 comments
  2. ▲ 7
    Show HN: Back In Time 2.0.0 – Release Candidate 1
    story by buhtz · 2026-08-15 · 1 comment
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    Faroese, Croatian, Slovenian and Vietnamese might be removed from GUI
    story by buhtz · 2025-10-15 · 0 comments
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    Release – Back in Time 1.5.6
    story by buhtz · 2025-10-05 · 0 comments
  5. …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…
    comment by buhtz · 2025-03-03 · in Back in Time – Second Release Candidate (1.5.4-Rc2)
  6. …and refactoring old code. Have a look at Good First Issues [2] or Help Wanted Issues [3]. [1] -- < https://github.com/bit-team/backintime > [2] -- < https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%2... > [3] -- <…
    comment by buhtz · 2024-11-22 · in Ask HN: What open source projects need help?
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    Back In Time release version 1.5.3
    story by buhtz · 2024-11-13 · 1 comment
  8. …Time release version 1.5.3. Please report back if you use it, even if no issues are found. Details: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.5.3-r... Changes: - Extensive code refactoring. - Added support for FCron. -…
    comment by buhtz · 2024-10-20 · in Release Candidate for Back in Time 1.5.3
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    Release Candidate for Back in Time 1.5.3
    story by buhtz · 2024-10-20 · 1 comment
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    Back In Time 1.5.1 released
    story by buhtz · 2024-07-28 · 0 comments
  11. Indeed they only test on Python3: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/master/.travis.y...
    comment by fnord123 · 2020-03-25 · in Cronopete – A Linux clone of Time Machine
  12. Or backintime ( https://github.com/bit-team/backintime ). The only thing I am missing is that it doesn't work for sshfs mounted devices. Which is not provided by any alternative tool which supports snapshots (probably because of problems…
    comment by chopin · 2019-06-12 · in Time Machine style backup with rsync in 540 lines of code