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Duplicity vs TimeShift

A side-by-side look at Duplicity and TimeShift. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Duplicity

Duplicity

Backup & Sync

Duplicity is an open source backup software that supports encrypted, incremental backups. It works by producing encrypted tar volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server.

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TimeShift

TimeShift

System & Hardware

TimeShift is an open source system restore utility for Linux. It takes incremental snapshots of the file system at regular intervals and allows restoring the system to a previous state in case of data loss or system failure. It is lightweight and easy to configure.

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