Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to FrameVault — Photo Disaster Recovery
Hi HN, I’m a longtime developer and photographer who built this after losing client photos years ago due to a “working” backup that silently failed. Most photo backup tools I tried assumed: • always-on cloud • perfect networks • small files • trust in background magic Real photography workflows don’t look like that. FrameVault is a desktop-first backup system designed for large RAW files, interruptions, external drives, and long-running uploads. It runs locally, tracks what’s actually been uploaded, resumes cleanly after failures, and doesn’t pretend everything is fine when it isn’t. Some…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN, I've been waiting to post what I've been working on for a few weeks now:) Today we're launching LayerVault, which is a version control system made for designers. The URL is http://www.layervault.com LayerVault keeps track of what you're working on without adding extra steps to your process. The app runs in your toolbar and tracks changes you make to your files. Basically — each time you create or modify a file you’re working on, LayerVault saves a copy. You can then login, flip through its versions, and download a version from a few weeks ago. It's pretty neat — and we’ve built some…
2011 · layervault.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm a developer and first time i shipped the real product after observing the startups and indie hackers community for years. I had made so many useless apps [you should check my website https://ansh.life], but this time I built a very useful product that has a number of super easy-to-use tools in one app for video, music, and photo files. Users can compress, convert, resize, and do so much more with easy-to-use tools. Background: I developed a frame-by-frame video cropper to upload cropped landscape videos to Instagram Reels. However, it required FFmpeg, and as a noob video…
2025 · pimosa.app · its alternatives →
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Plakar▲288It’s still young, but they are shipping fast, and it's open source. Anyone else playing with it?
2025 · plakar.io · its alternatives →
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This is a long-running project that started as the proverbial need to scratch my own itch and then somehow evolved into a full-time job of the past 6 years. Link: https://bvckup2.com I thought I'd do a Show HN for two reasons. 1. I obviously want to show my baby to those who haven't seen it. Its primary purpose is to do very fast file replication. If you are familiar with "robocopy /mir" - same idea, but on steroids. Lots of them. It can be used for both mirroring and archiving backups, among other things. It is light, very small and it is really quite fast. Half of the…
2019 · bvckup2.com · its alternatives →
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Creator here. I was looking for something as simple as Backblaze Personal [1] but privacy focused and open source. This is my attempt to build that. Uses PyQt6 [2] for the GUI and Pyinstaller [3] for creating the platform specific binaries. The backup engine under the hood is Restic [4]. The server code is written in Laravel [5]. All the code is on GitHub [6]. I actually really like Backblaze (even use B2 for this offering behind the scenes) so this isn't meant to throw shade their way. Just wanted a private open source alternative. Something like Bitwarden but for backups. [1]…
2022 · blobbackup.com · its alternatives →
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Hey guys! We just published our little open source project on GitHub and would love to get some feedback. It's a very early release (alpha) but we thought it would be better to do it earlier so that we could get direct feedback. Over the last 10 years we have built small to large web-projects of all kind. Almost every project involved managing images and files in one way or another. How do we manage our images and where? What happens if an image or logo changes, does it get updated across all sites? Which Host/CDN to choose? Is everything we do GDPR-compliant? With Daminik, we are…
2024 · daminik.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · socialvault.io · its alternatives →
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I had this backup code working reliably for years, using local file system, vps/dedicated server, or remote storage for backup, then I finally get time to wrap README, iron few missing switches and publish. Should be production ready and reliable, so it could be useful to others. Contributors are welcome.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Immutable cloud storage with multi-cloud redundancy. Zero-knowledge encryption, unlimited devices. Built on restic — no vendor lock-in. From $5/month.
2018 · relicabackup.com · its alternatives →
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What happens to your passwords and seed phrases if you get hit by a bus? That's the problem I built PaperVault to solve. I built PaperVault because I needed a way to store secrets (like 2FA recovery codes, hard disk encryption keys, and seed phrases) without depending on any device, cloud service or company surviving. I needed something my family could access in an emergency without exposing them directly to the passwords or burdening them with having to secure everything correctly over the course of many years. PaperVault encrypts your data with AES-256-GCM, with the decryption key split…
Mar 2026 · papervault.xyz · its alternatives →
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A local-first private vault for photos, videos, and files.
Jul 2026 · privaultapp.store · its alternatives →
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Hypervault secures your passwords, documents, and sensitive business data. Store, manage, and share confidential information with the right people. EU-based, GDPR compliant.
2022 · hypervault.com · its alternatives →
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Give your favorite wallpapers a safe, clean home. just enjoy
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source backup automation for Linux servers
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We (TrueVault), released our HIPAA compliant file storage today. Our BLOB Store is not a cloud file backup service like Box or Dropbox but instead, it's meant to be integrated with healthcare mobile apps, web apps and wearable devices. During our beta period in December, early adopters are using the BLOB Store to store X-Rays, CT Scans, MRIs, PDFs, scanned medical records, images, and videos. You can upload, update, delete, and download any binary file via our REST API. We are also beta testing a browser-to-TrueVault direct file upload and download web form. If you would like to join the…
2014 · its alternatives →
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A simple command line backup solution using rsync. Contribute to PenguinSnail/Quick-Back development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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