Back In Time
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Back In Time, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Back In Time's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Back In Time | Free | GNU/Linux desktop backup tool |
The facts
Each one read from Back In Time's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access limits
- Back In Time runs as a user-mode tool, so it can restore only folders the user has write access to.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Backup destinations
- Profiles support local storage, local encrypted storage, SSH remote storage, and encrypted SSH storage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- filechecked 23 Sep 2026
- Computer backup
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Encryption
- Local encrypted and SSH encrypted profiles use gocryptfs to encrypt backup data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Known issue
- The project reports a stable-release issue where the files view may fail to display files or directories when a backup is selected in the timeline.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The project says it is actively developed by a volunteer team, with current work focused on major issues and stabilizing the codebase.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile backup
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Password handling
- Passwords can be stored in the desktop keyring or cached in memory for scheduled jobs, but a root user could read the cache daemon’s password.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Back In Time is a graphical and command-line tool for incremental backups on GNU/Linux desktops.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore
- Backups can be browsed with a file browser or terminal and restored without Back In Time, though permissions could be lost when restoring outside the application.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- filechecked 23 Sep 2026
- Retention
- Rules can retain or automatically delete backups based on age, retention periods, free storage, and free inodes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Schedules include fixed time intervals, catch-up schedules, startup events, and backup-drive connection events.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security configuration
- Backup directory permissions depend on the system or user umask and the permissions of parent directories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Server backup
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Storage efficiency
- It uses rsync and hard links to reduce space used by unchanged files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Storage requirements
- The destination filesystem must support hard links, and mounted remote shares must support hard links and symlinks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project lists a mailing list, Mastodon, GitHub issues, and a project email for questions and bug reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- GNU/Linuxchecked 23 Sep 2026
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