# bit-team/backintime

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.

Repository: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backintime
Homepage: https://backintime.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: backup, linux, backintime, python, rsync, backups, hardlinking, hardlinks, qt, translathon
Last push: 2026-08-17T19:59:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 45, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3979, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 204, "gap_med": 122, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2655, forks 298 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:07.238217+00:00)

## What it is
Back In Time is a configurable graphical frontend for incremental backups on Linux, built on rsync with hard-link-based snapshots, plus a command-line tool. Backups can be scheduled and stored locally or remotely over SSH, with easy restore options.

## Use cases
- schedule incremental backups of my home folder on linux
- back up files to a remote server over ssh
- save disk space with hard-link-based snapshots
- restore previous versions of files from a backup
- graphical backup tool for linux desktop
- command line backup with rsync

## When to choose
- you want a user-friendly GUI for rsync-based incremental backups on Linux
- you need scheduled local or SSH remote backups with space-efficient snapshots
- you want simple restore via file manager, CLI, or the app itself

## When to avoid
- you need backups on Windows or macOS
- you need cloud-storage-native backup targets
- you require block-level or full-disk imaging backups

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: backup, gui, cli, file-system, scheduling
- domain: operating-systems, files, self-hosted
- platform: python, cli
- tags: rsync, incremental-backup, hardlinks, snapshot, ssh-remote-backup, qt-gui, backup, linux, qt

## Member repositories
- bit-team/backintime (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.238217+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:18:30.005382+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.238217+00:00, sha 6a52f57e293c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.