diff --git a/data/auth.sqlite b/data/auth.sqlite
index 9101e32..80243da 100644
Binary files a/data/auth.sqlite and b/data/auth.sqlite differ
diff --git a/markbase-core/src/server.rs b/markbase-core/src/server.rs
index 5a3b3c9..9d1c876 100644
--- a/markbase-core/src/server.rs
+++ b/markbase-core/src/server.rs
@@ -2753,6 +2753,7 @@ pub struct BackupConfigResponse {
     pub compress: String,
     pub encrypt: bool,
     pub include_checksums: bool,
+    pub incremental: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -2806,6 +2807,7 @@ async fn get_backup_config_handler() -> Json<BackupConfigResponse> {
         compress: compress_name.to_string(),
         encrypt: config.encrypt,
         include_checksums: config.include_checksums,
+        incremental: config.incremental,
     })
 }
 
@@ -2824,6 +2826,7 @@ async fn set_backup_config_handler(Json(config): Json<BackupConfigResponse>) ->
         compress,
         encrypt: config.encrypt,
         include_checksums: config.include_checksums,
+        incremental: config.incremental,
     };
     scheduler.set_config(new_config);
     Json(serde_json::json!({"success": true, "message": "Backup config updated"}))
diff --git a/markbase-core/src/vfs/backup_scheduler.rs b/markbase-core/src/vfs/backup_scheduler.rs
index 9308a9a..d626209 100644
--- a/markbase-core/src/vfs/backup_scheduler.rs
+++ b/markbase-core/src/vfs/backup_scheduler.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct BackupScheduleConfig {
     pub compress: VfsCompression,
     pub encrypt: bool,
     pub include_checksums: bool,
+    pub incremental: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for BackupScheduleConfig {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ impl Default for BackupScheduleConfig {
             compress: VfsCompression::Zstd,
             encrypt: false,
             include_checksums: true,
+            incremental: true,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -122,7 +124,12 @@ impl BackupScheduler {
         let snapshot_dir = self.root.join(".snapshots").join(&name);
         self.backend.create_dir(&snapshot_dir, 0o755)?;
 
-        self.copy_root_to_snapshot(&snapshot_dir)?;
+        if self.config.incremental && !self.snapshots.is_empty() {
+            let base_snapshot = self.snapshots.last().unwrap();
+            self.copy_incremental_to_snapshot(base_snapshot, &snapshot_dir)?;
+        } else {
+            self.copy_root_to_snapshot(&snapshot_dir)?;
+        }
 
         if self.config.include_checksums {
             self.generate_checksums(&snapshot_dir)?;
@@ -140,6 +147,80 @@ impl BackupScheduler {
         Ok(name)
     }
 
+    fn copy_incremental_to_snapshot(&self, base: &str, snapshot_dir: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), VfsError> {
+        let base_dir = self.root.join(".snapshots").join(base);
+        
+        if !self.backend.exists(&base_dir) {
+            return self.copy_root_to_snapshot(snapshot_dir);
+        }
+        
+        let entries = self.backend.read_dir(&self.root)?;
+        
+        for entry in entries {
+            if entry.name == ".snapshots" || entry.name == ".checksums" {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let src_path = self.root.join(&entry.name);
+            let dst_path = snapshot_dir.join(&entry.name);
+            let base_path = base_dir.join(&entry.name);
+
+            if entry.stat.is_dir {
+                self.copy_directory_incremental(&src_path, &dst_path, &base_path)?;
+            } else {
+                let needs_copy = !self.backend.exists(&base_path) || 
+                    self.file_changed(&src_path, &base_path)?;
+                
+                if needs_copy {
+                    self.copy_file(&src_path, &dst_path)?;
+                } else {
+                    self.create_hard_link(&base_path, &dst_path)?;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn file_changed(&self, src: &PathBuf, base: &PathBuf) -> Result<bool, VfsError> {
+        let src_stat = self.backend.stat(src)?;
+        let base_stat = self.backend.stat(base)?;
+        
+        Ok(src_stat.size != base_stat.size || 
+           src_stat.mtime != base_stat.mtime)
+    }
+
+    fn create_hard_link(&self, src: &PathBuf, dst: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), VfsError> {
+        self.backend.hard_link(src, dst)
+    }
+
+    fn copy_directory_incremental(&self, src: &PathBuf, dst: &PathBuf, base: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), VfsError> {
+        self.backend.create_dir(dst, 0o755)?;
+        
+        let entries = self.backend.read_dir(src)?;
+        
+        for entry in entries {
+            let child_src = src.join(&entry.name);
+            let child_dst = dst.join(&entry.name);
+            let child_base = base.join(&entry.name);
+
+            if entry.stat.is_dir {
+                self.copy_directory_incremental(&child_src, &child_dst, &child_base)?;
+            } else {
+                let needs_copy = !self.backend.exists(&child_base) || 
+                    self.file_changed(&child_src, &child_base)?;
+                
+                if needs_copy {
+                    self.copy_file(&child_src, &child_dst)?;
+                } else {
+                    self.create_hard_link(&child_base, &child_dst)?;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn copy_root_to_snapshot(&self, snapshot_dir: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), VfsError> {
         let entries = self.backend.read_dir(&self.root)?;
         
diff --git a/markbase-tauri/src/src/views/Backup.vue b/markbase-tauri/src/src/views/Backup.vue
index 7f83923..b72a5f9 100644
--- a/markbase-tauri/src/src/views/Backup.vue
+++ b/markbase-tauri/src/src/views/Backup.vue
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ const backupConfig = ref({
   enabled: false,
   interval_hours: 24,
   max_snapshots: 7,
-  auto_cleanup: true
+  auto_cleanup: true,
+  compress: 'zstd',
+  encrypt: false,
+  include_checksums: true,
+  incremental: true
 })
 
 const schedulerStats = ref({
@@ -374,6 +378,19 @@ onMounted(async () => {
               <el-form-item label="Auto Cleanup">
                 <el-switch v-model="backupConfig.auto_cleanup" />
               </el-form-item>
+              <el-form-item label="Incremental">
+                <el-switch v-model="backupConfig.incremental" />
+                <span style="margin-left: 10px; color: #909399; font-size: 12px;">
+                  Only copy changed files (hardlink unchanged)
+                </span>
+              </el-form-item>
+              <el-form-item label="Compression">
+                <el-select v-model="backupConfig.compress" size="small" style="width: 120px;">
+                  <el-option label="None" value="none" />
+                  <el-option label="LZ4 (Fast)" value="lz4" />
+                  <el-option label="ZSTD (High)" value="zstd" />
+                </el-select>
+              </el-form-item>
               <el-form-item>
                 <el-button type="primary" @click="saveBackupConfig">Save Config</el-button>
               </el-form-item>