kafetzisthomas / safearchive

Securely backup and manage your files locally and in the cloud. Available for: Windows, macOS, Linux (desktop, server)

SafeArchive

Allows you to backup your essential local files (+cloud support) quickly and schedule past backup deletions to optimize storage space.

How to Download: Click the "Releases" link on the right, then on the latest release, under 'Assets' click to download the zip file. (You might have to click "Assets" to view the files for the release)

• Linux & MacOS Instructions
• (Windows installation not necessary if using exe file. But see how to set up API key for uploading your backups to the cloud on this page)

Note: No matter the settings, the program runs completely locally on your own machine using the API key and Google Cloud project you created yourself, so even as the program's creator I will never have access to your account.

• For the first run, I recommend you to exit the program after setting your preferences, so changes to be applied.

Features

• Zip (backup) source path files to destination path
  • Compression method: ZIP_DEFLATED
  • allowZip64 is set to True (this parameter use the ZIP64 extensions when the zip file is larger than 4gb)
  • Compresslevel is set to 9 (its sometimes really slow when source path files are too large, saves storage space)
• Set expiry date for old backups
• Get backup size
• Added cloud support (Google Drive)
• Separate backup process from the main one (GUI) by creating a new thread to prevent script crash
• Add system tray icon to hide the main window instead of terminating it when clicking the X button upper-right. Specifically, a taskbar icon appears with options to backup your files from anywhere without opening the GUI window, open the GUI window and exit the script
• Restore past backups to their original location
• Pop up system notifications when backup process completes, selected backup restored successfully, drive or cloud storage is running out, and drive hasn't reconnected for too long.

Manual Setup

1. Download or clone the repo and install the requirements using:

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

2. How to Run:

   $ python3 main.py

Screenshots

Software Startup
(Drive Properties, Backup Options)

Restore Selected Backup

System Tray Icon
(Taskbar Icon)

Obtaining API Key

To sync your backups to your cloud account (Google Drive), you will need an "Oauth2" credential to make the GUI switch to work.

• Instructions can be found on this page: Obtaining API Key

safearchive's Issues

Make unittests

Refactor code / Move functions into modules

The goal here is to reduce as much lines as possible from the main file by moving functions to dedicated modules.

Implement Automatic Background File Backup Feature

Implement a feature that allows the tool to perform automatic file backups in the background.

Users often forget to manually initiate file backups. This feature will enhance the usability of the tool by providing an option for automatic, periodic background backups. Users should be able to configure the timing of these automatic backups through the config file (JSON).

Note

• Automatic file backups should occur in the background without disrupting the main application functionality.
• The feature should be well-documented for users and contributors.
• It is crucial that the automatic background backup functionality is compatible with both the python script and the executable file.