@@ -26,22 +26,24 @@ excludes, battery and metered-network awareness) that CLI backup tools and
2626consumer sync clients skip. Where it is thinner today (more backends,
2727block-level dedup) is marked honestly below.
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29+ Legend: :white_check_mark : yes   ; :large_orange_diamond : partial (see note)   ; :x : no
30+
2931| Capability | Driven | rclone | Drive for desktop | Duplicati | restic | Backblaze |
30- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
31- | One-way backup, source stays the source of truth | Yes | Partial [ 1] | No [ 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
32- | End-to-end (client-side) encryption | Yes | Yes | No [ 3] | Yes | Yes | Partial [ 4] |
33- | Backs up to storage you own / control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [ 5] |
34- | No account with the tool's vendor, no vendor servers | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
35- | Choice of multiple storage backends | No [ 6] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
36- | Point-in-time restore (an earlier version by date) | Yes | No | Partial [ 7] | Yes | Yes | Yes [ 8] |
37- | Block-level deduplication | No [ 6] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
38- | Locked / open-file backup (Windows VSS) | Yes | No | Partial [ 9] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
39- | Automatic battery / metered-network / sleep awareness | Yes | No | No | No | No | No [ 10] |
40- | Per-source include/exclude incl. .gitignore | Yes | Partial [ 11] | No | Partial [ 11] | Partial [ 11] | Partial [ 11] |
41- | Native desktop GUI app | Yes | No [ 12] | Yes | Partial [ 13] | No [ 12] | Yes |
42- | In-app file search + selective restore | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial [ 14] | Yes |
43- | Open source (permissive license) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
44- | Cross-platform desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) | Yes | Yes | No [ 15] | Yes | Yes | No [ 15] |
32+ | --- | : ---: | : ---: | : ---: | : ---: | : ---: | : ---: |
33+ | One-way backup, source stays the source of truth | : white_check_mark : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 1] | : x : [ 2] | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : |
34+ | End-to-end (client-side) encryption | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : [ 3] | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 4] |
35+ | Backs up to storage you own / control | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : [ 5] |
36+ | No account with the tool's vendor, no vendor servers | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : |
37+ | Choice of multiple storage backends | : x : [ 6] | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : |
38+ | Point-in-time restore (an earlier version by date) | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 7] | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : [ 8] |
39+ | Block-level deduplication | : x : [ 6] | : x : | : x : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : |
40+ | Locked / open-file backup (Windows VSS) | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 9] | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : |
41+ | Automatic battery / metered-network / sleep awareness | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : x : | : x : | : x : | : x : [ 10] |
42+ | Per-source include/exclude incl. .gitignore | : white_check_mark : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 11] | : x : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 11] | : large_orange_diamond : [ 11] | : large_orange_diamond : [ 11] |
43+ | Native desktop GUI app | : white_check_mark : | : x : [ 12] | : white_check_mark : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 13] | : x : [ 12] | : white_check_mark : |
44+ | In-app file search + selective restore | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : large_orange_diamond : [ 14] | : white_check_mark : |
45+ | Open source (permissive license) | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : |
46+ | Cross-platform desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : [ 15] | : white_check_mark : | : white_check_mark : | : x : [ 15] |
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