Rust engine · Zero rescan · Real incrementals

The natural evolution of Cobian Backup

IO Backup detects file changes in milliseconds using the operating system journals — never walking the directory tree — and builds complete-looking snapshots with hard links that only take the space of what changed.

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Features

 

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Zero rescan, instant changes

USN Journal on Windows, FSEvents on macOS and inotify on Linux. The engine knows what changed in milliseconds, without ever walking the directory tree.

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A real Time Machine

Every snapshot looks like a full copy thanks to hard links: only new or modified bytes are copied. Browse the timeline and restore any version.

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Remote control from your phone

The iOS and Android app acts as a control panel: backup status, jobs, logs and on-demand backups for all your machines.

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Universal destinations

Local disks, SMB/CIFS, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, WebDAV, S3, Google Drive and OneDrive through a single VFS layer.

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Ultrafast SQLite index

Snapshots, versions and metadata in SQLite with FTS5 search: explore any point in time without touching the backup disk.

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Secure by design

Local pairing with a one-time PIN and per-device tokens. No cloud accounts — your data never leaves your infrastructure.

How it works

 

Install the engine

A lightweight Rust service runs in the background on Windows, macOS or Linux.

Pair your app

Scan the daemon PIN from the Flutter app and manage your backups from desktop or mobile.

Travel in time

Browse the timeline, find any file at any point and restore it with one tap.

Truly cross-platform

One engine, three operating systems. One app, all your machines.

🪟 Windows · USN Journal 🍎 macOS · FSEvents 🐧 Linux · inotify 📱 iOS & Android

Pricing

 

Personal

Free

Full engine, unlimited jobs and the control app for personal use.

Pro

Coming soon

Cloud destinations, advanced retention and centralized fleet management.

Download IO Backup

Available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Mobile apps coming to the App Store and Google Play.

🪟Windows v0.0.0 🍎macOS v0.0.0 🐧Linux v0.0.0

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Support

Any question or problem? Write to us.