Bob

A Tarsnap OS X GUI client.

Tarsnap is a secure online backup service. Bob provides a GUI interface for managing Tarsnap backups.

Bob is work in progress and hence we take no responsibility for lost data.

Dependencies

• Tarsnap
• Tarsnapper

Setup

Install Tarsnap by either compiling it your self or through Brew:

brew install tarsnap

If you have installed Tarsnap through Brew, you might need to do a symbolic link from /usr/local/bin/tarsnap to /usr/bin/tarsnap

After that, follow the four steps on their Getting Started.

Then you need to install Tarsnapper, e.g. with easy_install

easy_install tarsnapper

After the installation of both Tarsnap and Tarsnapper you can enjoy Bob by compiling or downloading the latest binary.

Screenshot

Roadmap

• Include folders
• Desktop notifications
• Automatic backups
• Log view
• Start on launch
• Status bar icon
• Define generations in preferences
• Remove Tarsnapper dependency
• Bundle compiled version of Tarsnap (Optional for user)
• Sparkle integration by Andy Matuschak
• Exclude folders
• Exclude pattern match
• List backups
• Remove backup
• Browse through files in a backup
• Recover files and folders in a backup
• Application icon
• Show activies and balance for Tarsnap account
• Alert when balance is low
• Easy to deposit money on Tarsnap account
• Generate Tarsnap key file wizard
• Write code and be happy

License

MIT