Blobbackup
Infrastructure
backup software
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
4 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Restic is a great backup engine and a simple GUI is welcome.
From 2 comments
Not to throw shades, but I think we have restic which is awesome for backup across multiple backends (through rclone). What is needed is a user friendly GUI to use restic for…
wanderingmind on HNThis looks really great! I love restic but miss a simple UI to keep track of my backups. Will definitely keep an eye on this.
sandgiant on HN
Objections
Only supports Mac and Windows, no Linux yet.
From 2 comments
What operating systems does this support?
mattl on HNIt's just Mac and Windows right now. Technically, it isn't that hard to get things working on Linux (since the desktop app is Qt) but I need to get around to it. There is a…
bimbashrestha on HN
Only supports B2 storage currently.
From 1 comment
Hey! Thanks for trying the app. I think you may have tried our original app (the original folder in the github repo). I need to clean up the Releases page. That version used a…
bimbashrestha on HN
No company name or postal address visible on site.
From 2 comments
Was looking quite long for the company behind this and expected a B2B offering to be located at "Company", not an about us. Stating your company name and an address would greatly…
thesimon on HNCould you please add a Postal address to your https://blobbackup.com/company/ ?
pappeyrome on HN
Requests
Support for Storj or other decentralized storage.
From 1 comment
Would be cool to back this to decentralized cloud storage (should be pretty easy to do via Storj S3 integration):…
bethecloud on HN
Linux support.
From 1 comment
It's just Mac and Windows right now. Technically, it isn't that hard to get things working on Linux (since the desktop app is Qt) but I need to get around to it. There is a…
bimbashrestha on HN
Web UI for viewing files and share links.
From 1 comment
If this would allow me to check my files in a simple web UI (no need for collaboration or anything), and create share links for low-volume downloads I could just leave Google…
agucova on HN
Data center location choice.
From 1 comment
Nicely done. Any plans for allowing to pick a US/EU/Asia data center?
oceankid on HN
Questions
Can it back up to S3 or Cloudflare R2?
From 1 comment
My goto tool for secure backups is tarsnap. He only supports S3 as far as I know so using B2 could be a good differentiator. Wonder if either of you will add support for…
leetrout on HN
How does $9 per month work versus B2 cost?
From 1 comment
> I actually really like Backblaze (even use B2 for this offering behind the scenes) B2 is $5/tb, you are charging $9 for 5tb? How does that work? Do the old versions count…
mendelmaleh on HN
Alternatives named
Arq Backup
From 1 comment
Maybe https://www.arqbackup.com/ works for you? Has E2EE. As far as I know, it’s not open source, but the format is open. I use them to back up files from my Mac to Dropbox. I…
vanc_cefepime on HN
Duplicati
From 1 comment
Try Duplicati. Cross platform, free and supports several backends (google drive, s3 and s3 compatible providers etc). Supports encryption so you have data security.
allisdust on HN
Tarsnap
From 1 comment
My goto tool for secure backups is tarsnap. He only supports S3 as far as I know so using B2 could be a good differentiator. Wonder if either of you will add support for…
leetrout on HN
Vorta / Borg
From 1 comment
I've always liked the vorta project (https://github.com/borgbase/vorta)
bimbashrestha on HN
Kopia
From 1 comment
https://kopia.io/
MikusR on HN