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title: "Rclone Backup"
description: "Rclone Backup is an app for Home Assistant. It has 893 installs sharing analytics and was last updated October 23, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/rclone-backup"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/rclone-backup.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# Rclone Backup

> Rclone Backup is an app for Home Assistant. It has 893 installs sharing analytics and was last updated October 23, 2026.

Rclone Backup is an app that syncs Home Assistant backups and configuration to remote locations using rclone. It runs scheduled jobs, each with its own sources, destinations, rclone command and include or exclude filters. Jobs without a schedule run when the app starts, and a run-once mode can trigger them through an app restart. Further options cover a dry run, global rclone flags, a custom rclone config and whether backups are renamed before upload. It can also send completion and failure events to Home Assistant, which can be turned off. The app needs Home Assistant OS, has its own page in the sidebar, and asks for privileged capabilities, hardware access and Home Assistant API access.

Automatic summary of the docs and configuration of jcwillox/hassio-rclone-backup. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact)

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Apps need Home Assistant OS. Container and Core installs cannot run them.

## Supports

- **Opens in the sidebar**: Its own page opens inside Home Assistant.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Add its app repository under Settings, Apps, then install and start it.

## From the docs

> Backup your Home Assistant configuration or backups to over 40 cloud providers using Rclone.

From the docs of [jcwillox/hassio-rclone-backup](https://github.com/jcwillox/hassio-rclone-backup/blob/HEAD/rclone_backup/DOCS.md), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## Permissions

- **Extra system rights**: Asks for privileged Linux capabilities.
- **Hardware access**: Can reach USB, serial or GPIO devices.
- **Home Assistant API**: Can read and control Home Assistant.

## At a glance

- Kind: App
- Number: 893 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Connection not stated
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs Home Assistant OS
- Runs on: 32-bit ARM (hard float), 32-bit ARM, 64-bit ARM, x86-64, 32-bit x86
- Latest version: 3.4.1, last updated October 23, 2026
- Source: <https://github.com/jcwillox/hassio-rclone-backup>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/rclone-backup

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