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Top 23 Python Backup Projects
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Combine regular PostgreSQL dumps with BorgBackup to create encrypted, deduplicated archives.
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InfluxDB
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s3cmd
Official s3cmd repo -- Command line tool for managing S3 compatible storage services (including Amazon S3 and CloudFront).
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> the link to gmvault in your readme is now a dead end, is this it https://github.com/gaubert/gmvault.
Funnily enough, the gmvault.org domain _that_ page points to is simply a parked GoDaddy placeholder. It's also not been updated in 10+ years except for two non-source files.
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Back In Time
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.
Project mention: Faroese, Croatian, Slovenian and Vietnamese might be removed from GUI | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-15 -
Project mention: Borgmatic: The Simple, Configuration-Driven Guardian for Your Server Backups | dev.to | 2025-10-29
View the Project on GitHub
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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konsave
A command line program written in Python to let you backup your dotfiles and switch to other ones in an instant. Works out-of-the box on KDE Plasma!
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Project mention: A reverse-delta backup strategy – obvious idea or bad idea? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-28
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wikiteam
Tools for downloading and preserving wikis. We archive wikis, from Wikipedia to tiniest wikis. As of 2025, WikiTeam has preserved more than 600,000 wikis.
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zfs_autobackup
ZFS autobackup is used to periodicly backup ZFS filesystems to other locations. Easy to use and very reliable.
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Project mention: signal-export: Export your Signal chats to Markdown files with attachments | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-02
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little-backup-box
Turns a Raspberry Pi into a mobile backup and media management hub. Backs up files from cameras and/or storage devices to local drives and/or the cloud, aggregates multiple sources and can forward them for processing. View, rate, and selectively share your media on the go, including to social networks.
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virtnbdbackup
Backup utility for Libvirt / qemu / kvm supporting incremental and differential backups + instant recovery (agentless).
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Python Backup discussion
Python Backup related posts
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Borgmatic: The Simple, Configuration-Driven Guardian for Your Server Backups
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Faroese, Croatian, Slovenian and Vietnamese might be removed from GUI
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Release – Back in Time 1.5.6
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Ask HN: Is there no way to incrementally backup from Google photos?
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signal-export: Export your Signal chats to Markdown files with attachments
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A reverse-delta backup strategy – obvious idea or bad idea?
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Back in Time – Second Release Candidate (1.5.4-Rc2)
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
www.influxdata.com | 16 Nov 2025
Index
What are some of the best open-source Backup projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BorgBackup | 12,583 |
| 2 | s3cmd | 4,813 |
| 3 | gmvault | 3,618 |
| 4 | wal-e | 3,469 |
| 5 | Barman | 2,563 |
| 6 | Back In Time | 2,460 |
| 7 | borgmatic | 2,119 |
| 8 | pghoard | 1,375 |
| 9 | evernote-backup | 1,298 |
| 10 | shallow-backup | 1,295 |
| 11 | konsave | 1,285 |
| 12 | Rdiff-backup | 1,219 |
| 13 | RedditDownloader | 1,140 |
| 14 | django-dbbackup | 1,076 |
| 15 | grafana-backup-tool | 938 |
| 16 | XGP-save-extractor | 820 |
| 17 | wikiteam | 803 |
| 18 | zfs_autobackup | 732 |
| 19 | signal-export | 658 |
| 20 | little-backup-box | 555 |
| 21 | roam-to-git | 552 |
| 22 | pykeepass | 472 |
| 23 | virtnbdbackup | 452 |
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