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jimsalterjrs/sanoid

These are policy-driven snapshot management and replication tools which use OpenZFS for underlying next-gen storage. (Btrfs support plans are shelved unless and until btrfs becomes reliable.) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid · homepage · Perl · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

62/100

  • Activity 86
  • Release rhythm 8
  • 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: n/a
  • age_days: 4307
  • days_rel: 448
  • days_push: 89
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3835 stars · 344 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Sanoid is a policy-driven snapshot management and replication tool for OpenZFS filesystems, configured via a human-readable TOML file and run from cron. It automatically takes, thins, and monitors ZFS snapshots, and its companion syncoid handles replication between pools and hosts.

Use cases

  • automatically take and prune hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly ZFS snapshots
  • replicate ZFS datasets to a backup server over SSH
  • roll back a system to a pre-infection snapshot after cryptomalware
  • monitor ZFS pool health and snapshot aging from cron
  • define per-dataset snapshot retention policies in a single config file

When to avoid

  • your filesystem is not ZFS (Btrfs support is shelved)
  • you need cross-filesystem backup to non-ZFS targets or cloud object storage
  • you want a GUI-driven backup solution

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

backup scheduling file-system developer-tools files self-hosted cli self-hosted zfs snapshots replication toml-config cron sanoid syncoid devops automation linux

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