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yrba

yrba is a backup program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: incremental backups and deduplication.

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

Overview

yrba is a backup program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: incremental backups and deduplication.

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
  • “Incremental remote backups made simple!” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “YRBA makes backing up your systems easy, by automating incremental backups of defined folders, and uploading them to a server of your choice or copying them to a different location like an external hard drive.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of yrba 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
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Listing written automatically from verified facts.

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