MomentBackup

Version 1.0 — available for Windows, macOS & Linux

Personal backup & recovery you can step back through.

MomentBackup is a personal backup and recovery app for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It automatically saves a browsable history of your files — so you can step back to any earlier version — on an external drive, a NAS or network share, your own Google Drive, or your own S3-compatible cloud bucket. On Windows it can also keep a recoverable image of your whole computer on a local or external drive, or a connected NAS. No account is required and there is no hosted storage — MomentBackup is software you run on your own computer, backing up to storage you control, encrypted with keys only you hold.

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Free for 21 days, no account required · Windows, macOS, and Linux

The MomentBackup app, Overview screen: a green shield saying you're protected with the last backup an hour ago across 2 destinations and 18,244 files; a protection map tracing the Home folder to a primary destination and an off-site copy; 2.4 TB of 4 TB storage used; and a year of backup activity.
$49
once — no subscription, 1.x updates included
21 days
full free trial — no account, no card
3 platforms
Windows, macOS, and Linux
0
MomentBackup servers holding your data
How it works

Three choices, then it's handled

01

Pick what to protect

Your home folder is one click — documents, photos, desktop, the things you'd actually miss.

02

Choose where File History lives

An external drive, your NAS, or your own cloud bucket. Turn on encryption and save the recovery key it hands you.

03

Forget about it

Backups run themselves from then on, quietly, in the background. When you need something back, step through time and take it.

What that looks like, exactly

Go back in time

Yesterday's file, exactly as it was

The Backup Explorer shows your backup as a folder you can browse — step between moments in time. Every version of every file is there — the ones you deleted, edited badly, or saved over. Every restore previews what it will change and copies to a new location by default, so your originals stay put unless you choose otherwise.

The MomentBackup Backup Explorer: the Home folder as it was on May 30 at 3:00 AM, folders and files listed with sizes and dates, and a date picker for stepping between recovery points.
Schedule & scans

Set it once. It minds itself.

Backups run on your cadence, then history thins out the way Time Machine's does — everything for a day, daily for a month, weekly forever. Recent mistakes stay recoverable at fine grain, and the drive never silently fills.

Full computer backup

A dead drive isn't a lost computer

On Windows, MomentBackup also keeps a full image of the machine — the system, your apps, your settings — and repeat captures store only what changed. When hardware fails, restore the whole computer to a fresh drive; or browse inside an image before recovery. On macOS and Linux, MomentBackup protects your files; whole-machine recovery stays with the operating system's own recovery tools.

Encryption

Locked with your keys, not our promises

End-to-end encryption with keys that are generated on your machine and stay there. Your passphrase or your printable recovery key opens the backups; nobody else can, including us. Scheduled runs unlock quietly through the OS keychain.

Backup health

A backup you've never tested is just a hope

MomentBackup checks its own work — verifying recent backups automatically and telling you, in plain words, when each one last passed. It even runs a safe restore drill and shows the last time a real restore was proven to work. You learn your backup is sound long before the day you need it.

One app, focused per platform

Tuned to your operating system

Every platform gets the go-back-in-time file history, encryption with your keys, backup to your own storage, automatic verification, and license-free restores. Whole-machine recovery is where they differ.

macOS

File history with the time-travel browser, plus a Time Machine confidence layer — MomentBackup checks whether your Time Machine backups are configured, recent, and healthy. Whole-machine recovery stays with Apple Recovery.

Windows

File history plus whole-machine backup and recovery — system images, standalone recovery media from the recommended per-machine MSI, and whole-machine restore to a replacement drive after a failure.

Linux

File history with encryption, automatic schedules, verification, and license-free restores to storage you control.

And the rest

Also true

Shares a NAS with Time Machine — same share, separate spaces, no fights
Skips backups on battery or metered connections, if you ask it to
Verifies backups against what was written and repairs damage with parity data
Keeps an off-site copy you can lock immutable — ransomware and accidental deletes can't rewrite it (Object Lock)
Lives in the menu bar or tray and backs up with the window closed
Finds any file, any version — by name, date, or kind
Pins snapshots you never want thinned away
Writes a printable emergency kit with a standalone restore reader
Restores work without a license. Always.
Private by design

We can't see your data. That's the architecture.

MomentBackup is a paid app, not a storage service. There is no MomentBackup server in the path of your files — even license activation works offline, so a dead, network-less computer can still be restored.

No account required

The app works for you, not for a backend. An optional account exists only to re-download your license key.

No telemetry by default

The app doesn't phone home by default. Pseudonymous usage events are strictly opt-in, never include your files, and are deleted after 90 days. The website uses only privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics — no personal data.

No servers holding your data

Keys are generated on your machine and stay there. Backups go only where you point them.

Frequently asked

Where do my backups go?
File History can use an external drive, a NAS or network share, your own Google Drive, or your own S3-compatible cloud bucket. Windows whole-computer images require a local or external drive, or a connected NAS; cloud and SSH storage are File History only. When you connect Google Drive, MomentBackup can only see files it created there (Google's drive.file scope) — it never reads or touches the rest of your Drive. MomentBackup is software you run; we host nothing and hold none of your data.
Does MomentBackup need an online account?
No MomentBackup account is required. Optional provider integrations, such as Google Drive backup or email sending in configured builds, connect directly from your computer to that provider and store tokens in your operating system keychain. MomentBackup never receives those tokens or your files.
Do I need a subscription for storage?
No. You bring your own storage, so there is no monthly storage bill from us. If you choose a cloud bucket, you pay your provider directly at their rates.
What if I forget my passphrase?
During setup you get a one-time printable recovery key. Either the passphrase or the key opens your backups. If you lose both, nobody can decrypt them — including us. That is the point.
Does it work alongside Time Machine?
Yes. MomentBackup uses the same kind of SMB shares Time Machine does and stores its backups in their own space next to your Mac's, so one NAS serves both. On a Mac it also keeps an eye on your Time Machine backups and flags when they're stale or unhealthy.MomentBackup vs Time Machine →
What happens if I uninstall?
Nothing happens to your backups. They live on your storage in a documented layout, and reinstalling the app finds them again. Uninstalling never deletes a snapshot.
Which platforms are supported?
Windows, macOS, and Linux for file history. Whole-machine imaging and replacement-drive recovery are Windows features. On macOS, whole-machine recovery stays with Apple's own tools while MomentBackup covers your files and watches Time Machine.

Try it on your machine

Full product, free for 21 days. Restores always work — trial or not.

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