FlyBack is an open-source backup utility for Linux[1][2] based on Git and modeled loosely after Apple's Time Machine.

[3] FlyBack creates incremental backups of files,[1][3] which can be restored at a later date.

Flyback was originally based on rsync when the project began in 2007, but in October 2009 it was rewritten from scratch using Git.

[2][4] FlyBack presents the user with a typical file-manager style view of their file system, but with additional controls allowing the user to go forward or backward in time.

These libraries, as well as the program Git, should be installed for the software to function properly.