FlyBack

FlyBack

FlyBack screenshot
Developer(s) Derek Anderson
Stable release v0.6.5 / May 5, 2010; 21 months ago (2010-05-05)
Operating system Linux
Type Backup software
License GPL
Website http://code.google.com/p/flyback/

FlyBack is an open source backup utility for Linux[1][2] based on Git and modeled loosely after Apple's Time Machine.[3]

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Overview

FlyBack creates incremental backups of files[1][3] which can be restored at a later date. FlyBack presents a chronological view of a file system, allowing individual files or directories to be previewed or retrieved one at a time.

User interface

FlyBack presents the user with a typical file manager style view of their file system, but with additional controls allowing the user to go forward or backward in time. It shows to the user files that exist, do not exist or have changed since the last version, and allows them to preview them before deciding to restore or ignore them.

User settings

FlyBack has very few settings in its preferences:

Further, the FlyBack UI allows users to:

Requirements

FlyBack is written in Python using GTK. These libraries, as well as the program Git, should be installed for the software to function properly.

See also

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