Malina
Malina v0.1 preview is available

Your whole Pi,
backed up.

Create a compressed, bit-for-bit image of a running Raspberry Pi over SSH. Restore it to removable media with verification built in.

Download Malina View on GitHub
macOSWindowsLinuxCLI included
Malina
Malina's Backup screen showing SSH authentication and backup destination controls
✓Backup integritySHA-256 verified
SSH nativeNo agent on your Pi
Whole deviceBoot sectors included
SHA-256Every image verified
Open sourceInspect every line
Built for the entire disk

Not just your files.
Your bootable system.

Malina captures the partition table, boot sectors, operating system, applications and data in a single portable image.

01

Back up over SSH

Connect with your existing SSH key, agent or password. Nothing needs to be installed on the Raspberry Pi.

02#

Trust, then restore

Checksums are recorded during backup and checked before a destination is opened.

03Ⅱ

Stay in control

Run concurrent jobs with live progress. Pause, resume or cancel from one clear queue.

04

Desktop comfort.
CLI precision.

Use the native interface day to day, or automate the same Go engine from your terminal.

$ malina backup \
  --host pi@home \
  --output ~/Backups

✓ source  /dev/mmcblk0
✓ sha256  verified
The real Malina app

Simple when it should be.
Explicit when it matters.

Native controls guide you from connection to capture and guarded restore without hiding what happens to your disks.

Malina
Malina Backup screen Malina Restore screen Malina Jobs screen

Back up remotely. Identify the Pi's source disk over SSH, choose a local folder, and stream the complete device without writing to it.

Restore deliberately. Select a verified Malina image and a discovered removable target before any destructive action begins.

See every operation. Search and filter active or completed backups and restores from the native job queue.

Three deliberate steps

From running Pi to
restorable image.

  1. 1
    Connect

    Enter the Pi's SSH address and use your existing authentication.

  2. 2
    Capture

    Malina reads, compresses and calculates checksums as it streams.

  3. 3
    Restore

    Choose a verified image and an explicitly discovered removable drive.

Guardrails, not guesswork

Restore with
confidence.

Disk restores are powerful. Malina makes the destructive step explicit and verifies the backup before opening the target.

Read the safety boundaries
  • ✓
    Removable drives only

    Internal and system disks are excluded from destination discovery.

  • ✓
    Exact-path confirmation

    The selected target identifier is required again before erasing.

  • ✓
    Full read-back option

    Verify every written byte before automatically ejecting the drive.

  • ✓
    No partial backups

    Failed captures are cleaned up instead of looking complete.

Open source · Preview release

Pick your platform.

Every archive includes the native desktop app and command-line interface.

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Preview software: macOS builds are ad-hoc signed and Windows builds are currently unsigned. Your operating system may show an additional confirmation. Review the release notes and checksums before installing.

Keep a complete way back

Your Pi has a lot on it.
Back up all of it.

Download MalinaStar on GitHub ↗