Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
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Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
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Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#2What are the advantages compared to say, Rclone which is open-source and supports a wide variety of storage backends[1] and E2E encryption[2] as well?
[1]: https://rclone.org/overview/, [2]: https://rclone.org/crypt/
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#3What are the advantages compared to say, Rclone which is open-source and supports a wide variety of storage backends[1] and E2E encryption[2] as well? [1]: https://rclone.org/overview/ , [2]: https://rclone.org/crypt/
It's minimalistic, I went to check Rclone but couldn’t find schedules backups or a GUI so I can already see how this app could be appealing to some.
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#4What are the advantages compared to say, Rclone which is open-source and supports a wide variety of storage backends[1] and E2E encryption[2] as well? [1]: https://rclone.org/overview/ , [2]: https://rclone.org/crypt/
Hey! Thanks for asking. On mobile right now so this isn't comprehensive but a few advantages jump to mind.
1. Compression/deduplication. Your data will (generally speaking) take up about half the space it did before even including the multiple file versions.
2. Automation. You won't have to manually do anything after you configure a schedule once.
3. Management of multiple backups.
4. A really nice native GUI
5. All the advantages that backup with file versioning has over sync (which is what it looks like you have). Safe from ransomware (you'll have an older version always even if your infected ones get synced accidentally), projection from human error by being able to revert to older versions, etc
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#5What are the advantages compared to say, Rclone which is open-source and supports a wide variety of storage backends[1] and E2E encryption[2] as well? [1]: https://rclone.org/overview/ , [2]: https://rclone.org/crypt/
I'd be more curious what the advantages are compared to Arq.
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#6What are the advantages compared to say, Rclone which is open-source and supports a wide variety of storage backends[1] and E2E encryption[2] as well? [1]: https://rclone.org/overview/ , [2]: https://rclone.org/crypt/
I'd be more curious what the advantages are compared to Arq.
It's generally faster to backup [1], way faster to restore [1], backups use less space [1], has a native app for each OS and usability (subjective I know but give the two a shot yourself) is better imo.
[1] Benchmark on open data set. https://blobbackup.com/10_gb_benchmark.php
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#7Nice work!
If one were to buy this and want to back everything up from local device(s) and cloud accounts back down to a local NAS - supported use case?
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#8I am blown away by this. Very simple and elegant. Nice Job.
What tech stack is this application built in?
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#9The one thing that finally works for me for backup is restic (https://restic.net/). I use linux and set my home dir to a different partition, Run a daily script that uses restic to backup to backblaze. Smooth as butter and hopefully I don't need to use it. Curious what this uses under the hood, wouldn't be surprised if it was restic.
Re: Show HN: Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
#10Nice work! If one were to buy this and want to back everything up from local device(s) and cloud accounts back down to a local NAS - supported use case?
Ah this isn't supported right now. It wouldn't be terribly difficult to add but it's just never been brought up by users till now.
What is your use case for this?