Windows, macOS, and Linux
One backup tool across every desktop - a native app, a terminal interface, and a command line - fully localized in 24 languages.
Features
Everything a serious backup needs. Nothing you don't.
Encrypted, deduplicated backups to storage you already own - with real snapshot restore, scheduling, and retention, across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
End-to-end encrypted, before it leaves your machine
Files, names, folder structure, and manifests are encrypted locally with AES-256-GCM using a key derived from your passphrase. We never receive your data or your keys - and could not read them if we were asked to.
Fast, space-efficient incremental backups
Content-defined chunking with deduplication and zstd compression means only the parts of files that actually changed are uploaded. After the first backup, runs are quick and light on bandwidth and storage.
Browse snapshots and restore any version, in the app
Every backup is a point-in-time snapshot. Browse them, preview the tree, and restore a single file, a folder, or everything - to this machine or another - exactly as it was, right in the app.
Schedules and retention that just run
Back up on a schedule with battery and network guards, and keep the history you want with flexible retention (daily / weekly / monthly / yearly). Old snapshots prune automatically; your only copy is never at the mercy of a manual step.
Your storage, your choice
Point Nyx Backup at a destination you control. You hold the account and the keys - we never store, proxy, or see your data. No storage fees from us.
- Amazon S3
- Backblaze B2
- Wasabi
- Azure Blob Storage
- Google Cloud Storage
- Any S3-compatible
- SFTP
- SMB / CIFS
- WebDAV
- Google Drive
- OneDrive
- Dropbox
- Local / network drive
No phone-home
Your license is a signed file verified entirely offline. No account, no validation server. Optional, anonymous usage telemetry you can switch off.
No lock-in
The archive format is documented and versioned (see the format spec), so your data stays independently recoverable for the long haul.