Clonezilla

Clonezilla is ranked #17 of 151 in backup software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Clonezilla Free Free and open source software · GPL version 2 clonezilla.org · 29 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Computer backup: Yes
Mobile backup: No
Server backup: Yes
Backup scope: mixed
Restore modes: mixed
Ransomware protection: No
Supported platforms: Linux-based bootable environment; can image supported file systems used by Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD, Minix, VMware ESX, and Chrome OS/Chromium OS

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Clonezilla

Purpose: Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging and cloning program for system deployment, bare metal backup, and recovery.
Editions: The site lists Clonezilla live, Clonezilla lite server, and Clonezilla SE (server edition).
Deployment scale: Clonezilla live is suitable for one machine; lite server and SE can clone many computers simultaneously, with the site describing 40-plus computers.
Used blocks: Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks on supported file systems; it uses sector-to-sector copying for unsupported file systems.
File systems: The site lists support for Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD, Minix, and VMware file systems, including ext4, NTFS, APFS, and VMFS3/5.
Storage and transfer: Image files can be stored on a local disk or on SSH, Samba, NFS, or WebDAV servers.
Mass deployment: Clonezilla SE supports multicast; Clonezilla lite server supports BitTorrent for massive deployment.
Encryption: The site says images can be encrypted and that AES-256 encryption can secure data access, storage, and transfer.
Boot and partition support: The site lists MBR and GPT support, and says Clonezilla live can boot on BIOS or UEFI machines.
Minimum requirements: Clonezilla live requires an x86 or x86-64 processor, 196 MB RAM, and a boot device such as CD/DVD, USB, PXE, or hard drive.
Limitations: The destination partition must be at least as large as the source; differential or incremental backups and online imaging are not implemented.
Image access limitation: The site says Clonezilla images cannot be explored or mounted, so individual file recovery from an image is not directly supported.
Current release: The downloads page lists stable Clonezilla live 3.3.3-37 as Debian-based and alternative stable 20260913-resolute as Ubuntu-based.
Download verification: The downloads page says checksum files are GPG-signed by the DRBL project.
Price from: Free

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Backup Software in 2026#17 of 151
Best Disk Imaging Software in 2026#9 of 34
Best Bare Metal Provisioning Software in 2026#3 of 29
Best OS Deployment Software in 2026#5 of 27
Best Disk Cloning Software in 2026#4 of 26

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clonezilla.org· checked 29 Sept 2026
clonezilla.org/downloads.php· checked 29 Sept 2026