Relax-and-Recover

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Free to practise onyes
Free trialno
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on Linux, self-hosted.

Relax-and-Recover is ranked #85 of 151 in backup software on The Geeks Club, made by Relax-and-Recover. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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Relax-and-Recover Free GPL licensed · Linux disaster recovery framework relax-and-recover.org · 10 Oct 2026

Compared on backup software

Free plan: Yes
Computer backup: Yes
Server backup: Yes
Backup scope: mixed
Restore modes: mixed
Supported platforms: Linux

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Purpose: Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) creates bootable disaster recovery images for restoring systems to physical or virtual replacement hardware.
Intended users: The maker describes ReaR as a system administrator tool and framework, particularly used with enterprise Linux distributions including RHEL and SLES.
Recovery workflow: Recovery recreates storage layout, restores system data from a backup program, and installs a boot loader.
Backup integrations: Built-in methods include tar and rsync, and listed integrations include Bacula, Borg, Commvault, NetBackup, Veeam, and others.
Recovery media: Supported boot media include ISO, USB, eSATA, bootable tape, and PXE.
Hardware recovery: The maker lists physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-physical, physical-to-physical, and virtual-to-virtual recovery, including KVM, Xen, and VMware.
Disk layouts: Supported disk layout technologies include hardware and software RAID, LVM, multipathing, DRBD, iSCSI, and LUKS encrypted partitions and filesystems.
Automation: The maker says fully unattended recovery is possible for large deployments, with guided menus available when needed.
Extensibility: ReaR is written in Bash and has a modular design that the maker says can be extended with custom functionality.
Security: ReaR exposes no network services or ports, must run as root, and its default rescue media does not contain secrets such as passwords or encryption keys.
Security responsibility: The maker says users are responsible for protecting ReaR configuration files and rescue media; including secrets in rescue media is configurable and requires extra protection.
License: The security page states ReaR is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
Release: The download page says ReaR v2.9 was released in January 2025 and packages are available through GitHub Releases.
Support: Community support is offered through GitHub issues; the maker also lists contributor-provided professional support and says 24x7 contracts can be delivered through IT3 Consultants.
Price from: Free

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Best Backup Software in 2026#85 of 151
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