PyBackup - A simple personal backup utility

v0.0.1

Updated: 2023-04-25

Introduction

PyPackup is a simple, no-frills, easy to use personal file backup app.

Features

• Backup to a timestamped *.zip file.
• Save backup sources and destinations for easy re-use.

License

GNU General Public License 3. See the LICENSE file for details.

Installation

• Written in Python 3.11 on Windows 11.

  OS X Install

  • run brew install python-tk to install tkinter for mac as it's not part of the standard lib.
  • Download the repo as a zip file and extract.
  • python pybackup.py to launch.

  Windows Install

  • Has no requirements outside the Python standard library.
  • Download the repo as a zip file and extract.
  • python pybackup.py to launch.

Confguration

• Saved backups are contained in the file backups.json.
• Manually set the location of this file in config.ini --> saved_backups

Screenshot

Documentation

• Click the Select Source button to choose a directory to back up.
• Click the Select Destination button to choose a directory to back up to. A time-stamped ZIP file will be created in this folder.
• Click Run Now to execute the backup. A pop up will notify when the backup is completed.
• Click Save Backup to save the backup configuration for later use. The backup will appear by name in the Select Saved Backup drop down list.
• To load a saved backup, click on the Select Saved Backup drop down list and select the name of the desired backup. The source and destination boxes will populate from the saved backup. You can then click Run Now to execute the saved backup.

Credit

Thanks to John Elder at https://tkinter.com/ for providing a helpful, up-to-date course on Python's tkinter library.