Backup Maker

backup-maker is a self-hosted, local-network backup application that mirrors selected folders in real time to multiple destinations, including internal or external drives, SD cards, router-attached USB storage, NAS devices, and shared folders on other computers. It installs only on the computer being backed up; destination systems require no software or accounts. Backups are incremental and versioned, with file history and scheduled AES-256-encrypted snapshots. An optional second backup-maker installation enables block-level, verified delta synchronization between computers running different operating systems. The project is distributed as a self-contained binary for Linux, Windows, and macOS, with no cloud service, off-site mode, telemetry, or required internet connection. Its dashboard listens on localhost, while update checks and webhook or ntfy alerts are optional.

DataBackup is a free, open-source data-backup application for Android 7.0 and later. It requires root access and supports Magisk, KernelSU, and APatch; it provides multi-user backup support, cloud storage, and fast backups. The project is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 and offers APK downloads through its releases.

Zerobyte is a self-hosted backup automation tool for managing encrypted backups of local and remote storage. Built on Restic, it provides a web interface for scheduling, monitoring, retaining, browsing, and restoring backup snapshots across local directories and NFS, SMB, WebDAV, and SFTP sources, with storage backends such as local and cloud destinations through Rclone. It supports compression, end-to-end encryption, and fine-grained retention policies. Zerobyte is distributed as a Docker container and requires Docker and Docker Compose. Its documentation warns that the 0.x series is subject to major changes and recommends protecting internet-accessible deployments with a secure tunnel and authentication.

Immich is a self-hosted photo and video management platform with mobile and web clients. It uploads and backs up media, supports multi-user libraries, albums and shared albums, public and partner sharing, offline mobile use, downloads, raw formats, Live Photos and Motion Photos, and user-defined storage structures. Its search can use metadata, objects, faces, and CLIP; it also provides facial recognition and clustering, EXIF and map views, global maps, memories, archival, favorites, folder views, and duplicate prevention. The project warns users to follow a 3-2-1 backup plan and provides installation documentation through its website.

mStream is a self-hosted music streaming server that serves audio from a folder-based music collection. It supports Subsonic and DLNA, transcodes audio, and provides features including album-art lookup, lyrics support, automatic backups, an Auto DJ, jukebox control, torrent and yt-dlp integration, and optional federation and peer-to-peer music discovery. It is distributed through standalone binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux, Docker, source installation, and open-source mobile apps.