Skip to content
EN

Software · Self-hosting

backupzit

Free open-source self-hosted backup software: Windows & Linux servers and PCs, Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi and Hyper-V VMs (also failover clusters), SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NAS and Microsoft 365.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

backupzit is a backup program, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: self-hosting on your own server, incremental backups and deduplication, data encryption, API for automation and integration, central authentication (LDAP, SSO…).

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Self-hosted backup for Windows, Linux, Proxmox VE, VMware, Hyper-V, databases and Microsoft 365: deduplication, encryption, immutable copies.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Self-hosted backup for Windows, Linux, Proxmox VE, VMware, Hyper-V, databases and Microsoft 365: deduplication, encryption, immutable copies.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Self-hosted backup for Windows, Linux, Proxmox VE, VMware, Hyper-V, databases and Microsoft 365: deduplication, encryption, immutable copies.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Self-hosted backup for servers, workstations, virtual machines, databases and Microsoft 365, managed from one web console.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Deduplication, compression and AES-256 encryption on SFTP, S3, SMB, Azure Blob Storage, USB or local disks and the hardened repository.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Schedules, job chains, backup windows, RPO alerts, PDF reports, email, Slack and Teams notifications, REST API, roles, LDAP/Active Directory, SSO and signed self-updates.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Schedules, job chains, backup windows, RPO alerts, PDF reports, email, Slack and Teams notifications, REST API, roles, LDAP/Active Directory, SSO and signed self-updates.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

backupzit is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub Max-Zit/backupzit (AGPL-3.0-only)

How listings are built →

Do you develop backupzit?

Correct this listing with the report form, or cite it with this optional badge (it shows the verified free status and changes nothing in the ranking):

<a href="https://licitpro.fr/en/resource/backupzit"><img src="https://licitpro.fr/badge/backupzit.svg?l=en" alt="Listed on LicitPro" height="20"></a>

Developers and publishers →

In the same category

Butler

Software · Open source

Butler is a home automation program, available on Linux.

Completely freeLinux

Mattermost

Software · Open source

An open source platform for developer collaboration.

Completely freeWinLinuxAndroid

Home Assistant

Mobile app · Open source

Control all your devices in your Home Assistant instance.

Completely freeAndroid

OpenFreebuds

Software · Open source

Companion app for HUAWEI earphones.

Completely freeWinLinux

databasement

Software · Open source

Self-hosted database backup manager with a web UI. Schedule, backup, and restore MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite & Redis to S3, SFTP, Samba or local storage. SSH Tunnel support.

Completely free

supervisor

Software · Open source

:house_with_garden: Home Assistant Supervisor.

Completely free