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rescuezilla/rescuezilla

The Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla · Python · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) 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

Full methodology

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

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
rescuezilla/rescuezillamain75

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