A backup application for the Linux Desktop written in C++/Qt. Aims at ease of use, minimal user effort and, hopefully, pluggable architecture.

Currently on beta stage.

Organize your backup in units called tasks. Select a set of source directories for each task and pick a destination. Click the "play" button to copy the files. This is the basic use case that rsyncs everything from source to destination.

For more advanced usage:

• Switch to "Selective" Method for a smarter way to select which subdirectories to copy from the source. For example, pick only those that follow a specific naming convention or that contain a specific file.
• Enable "Triggering". It monitors when new volumes are mounted and performs a backup task when that happens. Combine this with "Keep running in system tray" option from "Settings" for better UX.
• Finally, switch between "rsynch" and "git-bundle" Action to control what type of backup operation should be applied to this source directory. For git repositories this may prove more appropriate (though slower).

Lisa Backup relies on powerfull commandline tools to do the actual work. Namely, find, rsync, and git are used. Make sure you have these available in your system.

Application state constists of *.task files where most of task-specific information is stored and Qt configuration files that keep the Settings and Triggering preferences. You can find .task files under ~/.lbackup directory. Note, they are binary. You've been warned :-).

Download latest lbackup release in .tar.gz format, extract and execute:

$ wget https://github.com/otsakir/lisa-backup/releases/download/v0.4.0/lisa-backup_0.4.0_amd64.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf lisa-backup_0.4.0_amd64.tar.gz
$ cd lisa-backup/
$ ./LisaBackup

This is a dynamically linked binary and depends on Qt 5. Make sure it is installed on your system. For ubuntu based linux flavors you'll need libqt5core5q, libqt5gui5, libqt5widgets5, libqt5dbus5 packages.

[TBD]

Lisa Backup is in beta version and minor bugs are expected be found. Bug reports are greatly appreciated. The best way to communicate such feedback is by creating a github issue with the "bug" label. Thanks in advance!

Mastodon - @[email protected]