|project_name| is a deduplicating backup program written in Python. The main goal of |project_name| is to provide an efficient and secure way to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes |project_name| suitable for daily backups since only the changes are stored.
Initialize a new backup :ref:`repository <repository_def>` and create your first backup :ref:`archive <archive_def>` in two lines:
$ attic init /somewhere/my-repository.attic
$ attic create /somewhere/my-repository.attic::Monday ~/Documents
$ attic create --stats /somewhere/my-repository.attic::Tuesday ~/Documents
Archive name: Tuesday
Archive fingerprint: 387a5e3f9b0e792e91ce87134b0f4bfe17677d9248cb5337f3fbf3a8e157942a
Start time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
End time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
Duration: 0.08 seconds
Number of files: 358
Original size Compressed size Deduplicated size
This archive: 57.16 MB 46.78 MB 151.67 kB
All archives: 114.02 MB 93.46 MB 44.81 MB
See the :ref:`quickstart` chapter for a more detailed example.
You can use pip to install |project_name| quickly and easily:
$ pip3 install attic
|project_name| is also part of the Debian_, Ubuntu_, `Arch Linux`_ and Slackware_ distributions of GNU/Linux.
Need more help with installing? See :ref:`installation`.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 foreword installation quickstart usage faq
If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request, you can add your bug report or feature request directly to the project's `issue tracker`_. For more general questions or discussions, a post to the mailing list is preferred.
There is a mailing list for Attic on librelist_ that you can use for feature requests and general discussions about Attic. A mailing list archive is available here.
To subscribe to the list, send an email to [email protected] and reply to the confirmation mail. Likewise, to unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] and reply to the confirmation mail.