The latest articles on DEV Community by EZ Bkup (@ez_bkup). https://dev.to/ez_bkup https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1260471%2F9fa590de-08dc-4959-b5ad-fda8759e3d04.png https://dev.to/ez_bkup en EZ Bkup Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:29:20 +0000 https://dev.to/ez_bkup/ez-bkup-the-easiest-backup-program-on-earth-4gom https://dev.to/ez_bkup/ez-bkup-the-easiest-backup-program-on-earth-4gom <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Faho3x3va56ubj3xe32x5.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Faho3x3va56ubj3xe32x5.jpg" alt="Image description" width="800" height="450"></a></p> <p><strong><u>EZ Bkup:</u> The easiest backup program on earth!</strong><br> EZ Bkup is a data backup program for the desktop, striving to be as quick and easy to use, as possible.</p> <p>EZ Bkup is a graphical front-end for Rsync, built with <a href="https://github.com/can-lehmann/owlkettle">Owlkettle</a> and GTK, written in Nim. EZ Bkup currently runs on Linux distributions, and expects rsync (3.2.4+) and polkit to be installed.</p> <p><strong>Respects Your Time</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>Zero configuration/settings required.</p></li> <li><p>Zero Rsync knowledge required.</p></li> <li><p>Create Backup Routine(s) and run on-demand.</p></li> <li><p>Fast: Only copies what has changed since last time.</p></li> </ul> <p><strong>Respects your Freedom</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>EZ Bkup source code is released under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html">GPLv3</a>.</p></li> <li><p>No <a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-drm.en.html">DRM</a>.</p></li> </ul> <p><strong>Respects your Privacy</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>No <a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.en.html">Telemetry</a>.</p></li> <li><p>Does not beam your data back to the mothership.</p></li> </ul> <p>If you’ve been reluctant to backup your data on a regular basis, or at all, because you didn’t want to learn/configure a backup program, read a man page and use a command line program, or deal with the slow and tedious process of copying and pasting disparate folders/directories, we understand. That’s why we created EZ Bkup for ourselves, and are happy to share it with you!</p> <p>Thank You for supporting the development of ethical software!</p> <p><a href="https://ezbkup.app/">ezbkup.app</a></p> opensource nim backup owlkettle