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Pika Backup

Pika Backup is a backup program, available on Linux: data encryption.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Wikidata
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Small Mammal Collective
Latest version: 0.8.4 (4 August 2026)
Latest activity: 28 October 2026
Source code: gitlab.gnome.org/World/pika-backup

Overview

Pika Backup is a backup program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: data encryption.

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

“Pika Backup – Apps for GNOME” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Encrypt your backups” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Pika Backup is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-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
Commercial use allowed

About

Doing backups the easy way. Plugin your USB drive and let the Pika do the rest for you. Create backups locally and remotely Set a schedule for regular backups Save time and disk space because Pika Backup does not need to copy known data again Encrypt your backups List created archives and browse through their contents Recover files or folders via your file browser Pika Backup is designed to save your personal data and does not support complete system recovery. Pika Backup is powered by the well-tested BorgBackup software.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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