Open Source Backup Software

Info-ZIP portable compression/archiver utilities (Zip, UnZip, WiZ, etc.)

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Native (JNI) cross-platform library to extract (password protected, multi-part) 7z Zip Rar Tar Split Lzma Iso HFS GZip Cpio BZip2 Z Arj Chm Lhz Cab Nsis Deb Rpm Wim Udf archives and create 7z, Zip, Tar, GZip & BZip2 from Java.

AZip is a free Zip Archive Manager with unique features such as: built-in content Search, smart archive Update, archive Recompression. The goal is to keep the user interface as simple as possible and bother the user the least possible with options or useless gadgets. More details and screenshots on the AZip Web site: http://azip.sf.net Alire crate: https://alire.ada.dev/crates/azip Mirror: https://github.com/zertovitch/azip

Jar Ajar is a JAR-based self-extractor for zip files. Zip up files and package them with descriptive images and text using Jar Ajar's graphical interface. When recipients launch the resulting JAR, Jar Ajar guides users through the unzip process.

.NET wrapper for 7Zip, based on 7-Zip-JBinding, produced with IKVM. Extracts (password protected, multi-part) 7z Zip Rar Tar Split Lzma Iso HFS GZip Cpio BZip2 Z Arj Chm Lhz Cab Nsis Deb Rpm Udf archives. Archive creation/more formats coming soon.

BeoZip is a Java application that backs up data into ZIP files while also providing additional archiving utilities. This program uses the Java APIs for reading and writing ZIP files.

Blackfisk is an application that does backups. It differs from other backup-software in the way how to use it. The software can handle huge and complex backup tasks.

All client-side solution for PC & Browser Firefox to create zip archive and extract zip and rar archive files with API HTML5 file system. == Browser Extensions == Add-on Firefox: http://mzl.la/1Kd7fiD OS requirements - Windows 7 and later are supported, older operating systems are not supported (and do not work). Both x86 and amd64 (x64) binaries are provided for - - Windows. Please note, the ARM version of Windows is not supported for now. == Installation and Activation == 1. Download Extension and install in your Browser Firefox 2. Then: Select View - Sidebar and ZipWeb. Or to active extension use combo keys ctrl-6

JBackupWithZip is a java program for backing up oftenly some selected folders and files. You select some folders and/or some files by browsing your harddrives and then zip it (in zip format). The selection is saved to redo the zip easily when needed.

MyBackupTcl is a software that allows users (or a system administrators) to create the backup of own files in easy and automatic way. It includes bzip2 compression,GNU PGP,dvd and cd ISO,FTP,e-mail,automatic dumping for mysql,SVN,Trac and much more.

A set of (Perl) scripts that allows you to optimize backups to S3 by packing files/dirs into a minimal set of archives that are likely to remain stable between backups, even if the underlying files change, thus minimizing the number S3 items.

PAT is a complete web application that allow to manage files (basic and advanced functions like compression in gz), ftp, and database all in one. Designed to reproduce a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with drop-down and context menu for easy use

TNT Mocha Backup Platform Independent backup utility written in Java. Uses ZIP files for data storage. Now supports file permission backup for restore by standard utilities in linux such as unzip.

UPX with Autoupdate Capability allows the user to pack Firefox and Thunderbird binaries with UPX and use autoupdate without having to backup the original files. This is useful for Firefox and Thunderbird Portable on flash drives with limited capacity.

WRoX-SFV - is a Windows GUI .sfv checksum application, with the checksums it creates you can check for edited, changed, currupted files. Features: recursive .sfv checking, .sfv file association, windows context menu integration, automatic unrar/unzip

Simple command-line directory incremental backup tool. Create compressed point-in-time snapshots, adding only new or modified files each time. Uses a file catalog so previous zip volumes are not needed for backup. Archives are automatically time-stamped.

A small ruby script that provides an easy and highly configurable interface for Rsync and Tar. It features incremental backup with compressed option and mail support.

imigrate allows you to upgrade both schema and data for any size of Informix db(e.g. terabyte)

This app intents to be an easy way to make backups of large amount of files into medias such as CDs or DVDs. Also it compress groups of files to fit in the size of dest. media. To avoid integrity problems during decompression, no files are divided.

A Java based front-end GUI for jar with a user interface similar to the Windows WinZip.

lzop is a file compressor similar to gzip. Its main advantages over gzip are much higher compression and decompression speed, at the cost of some compression ratio. lzop uses the LZO library for compression services.

This tool is featured with a very high compression mechanism hence useful in backing up large sized folders over a slow network, Or useful in reducing the backup size to a maximum possible. For detailed help, please refer to http://blogger.iamamazing.in/2016/01/automate-backup-with-python-script.html

English: Pyrotate is Python program for log files rotation. It uses any external archiver such as Winrar, 7-zip or gzip for compress and may rotate files in GNU/Linux logrotate's style. Program works in any OS such as Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS, etc, where Python may work. Dependencies: - Python v2.6 or better v2.7 (v2.5 for pyrotate v0.8 or earlier) - an external archiver Russian: Программа для ротации и/или архивации логов (и любых других) файлов, которая использует любой внешний архиватор и может ротировать файлы в стиле Линуксовой программы logrotate в любой ОС, где работает интерпретатор языка Python. Требования: - Python не ниже v2.6, а лучше v2.7 (или v2.5 для pyrotate v0.8 или ранее) - любой внешний архиватор

tardiff is a perl utility that enables easy patch creation for two different versions of a build/install tree in tarball format. tardiff uses advanced mechanisms to determine differences (visit homepage for a thorough description).