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zrepl/zrepl

One-stop ZFS backup & replication solution observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/zrepl/zrepl · homepage · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

71/100

  • Activity 83
  • Release rhythm 39
  • 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: 3429
  • days_rel: 199
  • days_push: 106
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1156 stars · 111 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

zrepl is a one-stop ZFS backup and replication tool written in Go. It handles periodic snapshotting, incremental replication over TCP/TLS/SSH, pruning, and bookmark/hold management between ZFS systems.

Use cases

  • replicate zfs datasets to a backup server
  • schedule periodic zfs snapshots with pruning
  • send zfs snapshots incrementally over ssh or tls
  • back up zfs pools to untrusted receivers with encrypted raw send
  • set up pull-based zfs replication from production to backups

When to choose

  • you use ZFS and want an integrated snapshot, replication, and pruning daemon
  • you need resumable, incremental replication with automatic retries
  • you want encrypted raw sends to untrusted backup targets

When to avoid

  • your filesystems are not ZFS
  • you only need simple one-off snapshot copies without automation
  • you need a GUI-driven backup solution

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

backup file-system scheduling networking self-hosted files bsd cli go zfs replication snapshots incremental-backup pruning tls ssh backup devops linux macos

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Member repositories

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