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I was looking for something as simple as Backblaze Personal [1] but privacy focused and open source. This is my attempt to build that.\n\nUses PyQt6 [2] for the GUI and Pyinstaller [3] for creating the platform specific binaries. The backup engine under the hood is Restic [4]. The server code is written in Laravel [5]. All the code is on GitHub [6].\n\nI actually really like Backblaze (even use B2 for this offering behind the scenes) so this isn't meant to throw shade their way. Just wanted a private open source alternative. 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As far as I know, it’s not open source, but the format is open. I use them to back up files from my Mac to Dropbox. I…",{"value":201,"source":113,"evidence":202},"Duplicati",[203],{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"30586473","allisdust","Try Duplicati. Cross platform, free and supports several backends (google drive, s3 and s3 compatible providers etc). 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