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Borg-Qt
Borg-Qt is a Python 3 based graphical frontend for the backup tool BorgBackup as its name implies it is using the Qt5 Framework. Currently it works only on Linux.
Motivation
I think Borg is a great backup tool which should be available to many move users. Since command line tools can be a bit scary for less experienced users I decided to write a GUI as my "thesis" during my final semester at the IBZ school in Aarau, Switzerland.
Getting Started
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
Prerequisites
You need to have Borg installed in order to have Borg-Qt working. You can get a
binary for your operating system here:
https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases
On a Debian based system you can install it by copying to ~/.local/bin/
. Borg
needs to be able to get executed by calling the command borg
.
cp ~/Downloads/borg-linux64 ~/.local/bin/borg
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/borg
For other systems check their documenation.
Installing
Installing Borg-Qt is very simple. Download the binary for your operating system here: https://github.com/Nebucatnetzer/borg-qt/releases
You can then either run it by double clicking on it or by copying it to
~/.local/bin/
like Borg. If you do that you might want to create a desktop
file for it. Puth the following code into a borg-qt.desktop
file in
~/.local/share/applications/
.
#+example [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Borg-Qt Exec=/home/username/.local/bin/borg-qt Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Tools MimeType=x-scheme-handler/tg; #+example
Make sure the file is executable:
chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/borg-qt.desktop
Now you should find Borg-Qt in your desktops start menu.
Development
To start working on Borg-Qt first clone the git repository and install BorgBackup as described in /Nebucatnetzer/borg-qt/src/commit/41eb500132d16329815f0cfd9c727145542ff0c0/Prerequisites.
git clone https://github.com/borg-qt/borg-qt.git
Now create a virtual environment.
cd borg-qt
python3 -m venv venv
And activate it.
source venv/bin/activate
Finally you can install the depencies.
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
You're now all set to work on Borg-Qt. It's a good idea to run the tests before starting. You can do this with the following command from the root of the repository.
make test
To make testing the application while programming a bit easier there's a script
which reloads the application everytime a file changes in the borg_qt
directory. You to use it run the following command from the root of the
repository.
./scripts/debugging.sh
ToDos
To have a look at all the planned tasks you can have a look at the planned features here: todos.org
Used packages
- PyQt5 - the GUI framework
- PyInstaller - used for creating the binary
Contributing
Since I'm currently working on this as part of my thesis I won't be able to accept any pull requests. After the 18th or March 2019 everybody is more than invited to contribute.
Versioning
Currently there is no versioning as such. In the future a versioning scheme based on semantic Versioning might get used. However the master branch is considered to be the stable branch. Other branches might be highly experimental.
Authors
- Andreas Zweili - Initial work - Nebucatnetzer
License
This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License - see the /Nebucatnetzer/borg-qt/src/commit/41eb500132d16329815f0cfd9c727145542ff0c0/LICENSE file for details.
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to PurpleBooth for her README template.
- Thanks to Back in Time for the inspiration.
- Thanks to Feather Icons for their great icon set.