rescuezilla/rescuezilla
The Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 82
- Release rhythm 52
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 195
- age_days: 2538
- days_rel: 109
- days_push: 109
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
2700 stars · 129 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Rescuezilla is a graphical disk cloning and imaging application, bootable from a USB stick, that is fully interoperable with Clonezilla. It provides an easy-to-use GUI for backing up, restoring, and cloning entire hard drives, including support for virtual machine image formats.
Use cases
- create a full backup image of my hard drive
- clone a disk to a new drive without reinstalling
- restore a Clonezilla backup with a GUI
- recover a computer that won't boot using a rescue USB stick
- browse files inside a disk or VM image
- migrate a system to a new SSD
When to choose
- you need whole-disk imaging or cloning rather than file-level backup
- you want a friendly GUI instead of Clonezilla's text-based interface
- you need to restore or create Clonezilla-compatible images
- you need to boot a rescue environment from USB on any PC or Mac
When to avoid
- you only need to back up individual files or folders rather than whole disks
- you need scheduled, incremental file-based backups
- you need a tool that runs inside an already-installed OS rather than a bootable environment
Facets
application · maturity active
backup gui file-system developer-tools self-hosted operating-systems files cross-platform cross-platform self-hosted disk-cloning disk-imaging clonezilla-compatible rescue-usb system-recovery bootable-iso linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla · fetched 2026-08-28 · beaaf7f0ae03
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rescuezilla/rescuezilla | main | 75 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="rescuezilla/rescuezilla")
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