Open Source Backup & Recovery Software
Backup & Recovery software creates redundant copies of databases, email archives, and server snapshots to prevent permanent data loss. These tools automate the process of duplicating files and system states to external storage or object stores. This type of software serves system administrators and business owners who need to manage their own retention policies. By self-hosting these apps, you keep encrypted archives and sensitive email histories on your own hardware instead of relying on external service providers for disaster recovery.
This page lists 4 open source tools in the Backup & Recovery category. The most popular are Mail-Archiver, Plakar and Bichon. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or Apache-2.0 license, and 4 offer an official Docker image.
Mail-Archiver
Archive, search, and export emails from multiple accounts with automated synchronization and retention policy management.
Plakar
A backup engine providing encrypted, deduplicated snapshots with support for databases, Kubernetes workloads, and object stores.
Bichon
A self-hosted email archiving server that downloads IMAP accounts and provides full-text search capabilities.
Pluton
A self-hosted backup management platform that automates encrypted incremental backups to over 70 cloud storage providers.
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