Areca Backup
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Areca Backup, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Areca Backup's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Areca Backup | Free | Free open source backup software · GPL v2 |
The facts
Each one read from Areca Backup's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Archive formats
- It can compress archives in Zip and Zip64 formats and encrypt archives with AES-128 or AES-256.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes Areca as a personal backup solution.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automation
- The command-line interface can automate backups, and Areca can run shell scripts after backups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- filechecked 19 Sep 2026
- Backup types
- It supports incremental, differential, full, and delta backups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Computer backup
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The plugin list includes FTP/FTPs and SFTP server support, and the site says developers can implement plugins through Areca's plugin API.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The FAQ says Areca does not support Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Areca is personal file backup software for selecting files or directories, choosing a storage format and destination, and configuring post backup actions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reports
- Backup reports can be saved to disk or sent by email.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore and history
- Users can browse archives, track file versions, and recover an archive or individual files as of a specific date.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- filechecked 19 Sep 2026
- Security
- The feature page lists AES-128 and AES-256 archive encryption and FTPs support using SSL/TLS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Backups can be stored on local or network drives, USB keys, FTP, FTPs, or SFTP servers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site directs users to its SourceForge project page for bug reports and feature requests and provides a FAQ, manual, and forum links.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux metadata support
- File permissions, symbolic links, and named pipes can be stored and recovered on Linux; ACL and extended attribute support is available on Linux but requires configuration and native code.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- windows,linuxchecked 19 Sep 2026
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