Pika Backup

Keep your data safe Source

Description

Doing backups the easy way. Plugin your USB drive and let the Pika do the rest for you.

Create backups locally and remotely
Set a schedule for regular backups
Save time and disk space because Pika Backup does not need to copy known data again
Encrypt your backups
List created archives and browse through their contents
Recover files or folders via your file browser

Pika Backup is designed to save your personal data and does not support complete system recovery. Pika Backup is powered by the well-tested BorgBackup software.

Source

Project links:

Links with more information:

https://apps.gnome.org/PikaBackup/

Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: released

This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.

The project repository was created on 2020-04-23.

The last known commit happened on 2024-11-30.

Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2024-12-01

Features

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

Is this app packaged for my distribution?

green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.

Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.World.PikaBackup.flatpakref

Build and install your own flatpak: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/pika-backup/-/raw/main/build-aux/org.gnome.World.PikaBackup.Devel.json

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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By Service: borg

By Category: backup system utilities

By FreeDesktop-(Additional-)Category: Archiving Utility

Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-only Metadata: CC-BY-SA-4.0

Frameworks: GTK3 libhandy

Programming languages: Rust

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/pika-backup/-/raw/main/data/app.metainfo.xml.in