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Compression settings were chosen to keep resulting repository sizes comparable. The sample corpus is a mix of small and large files with varying compressibility. See our [benchmark script](https://github.com/borgbase/vykar/tree/main/scripts) for full details.\n\n\n## Quick start\n\n```bash\ncurl -fsSL https://vykar.borgbase.com/install.sh | sh\n```\n\nOr download the latest release for your platform from the [releases page](https://github.com/borgbase/vykar/releases). A [Docker image](https://vykar.borgbase.com/install#docker) is also available.\n\n```bash\n# Generate a starter config and edit it\nvykar config\n\n# Initialize the repository and run a backup\nvykar init\nvykar backup\n\n# List snapshots\nvykar list\n```\n\nSee the [full documentation](https://vykar.borgbase.com) for storage backends, restore, maintenance, and more.\n\n\n## Desktop UI\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"docs/src/images/gui-screenshot.png\" alt=\"Vykar GUI\" width=\"380\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n`vykar-gui` is a Slint-based desktop app that uses `vykar-core` directly (it does not shell out to the CLI).\n\n- Run backups on demand\n- List snapshots and browse snapshot contents\n- Extract snapshot contents\n- Run in the system tray with periodic background backups\n- Uses `vykar.yaml` as the source of truth and auto-reloads config changes\n\nPeriodic GUI scheduling is configured in `vykar.yaml` via:\n\n```yaml\nschedule:\n  enabled: true\n  every: \"24h\"\n  on_startup: false\n  jitter_seconds: 0\n  passphrase_prompt_timeout_seconds: 300\n```\n\n## Security\n\nTo report a security vulnerability, please email [hello@borgbase.com](mailto:hello@borgbase.com).\n\n## License\n\nGNU General Public License v3.0\n","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fborgbase%2Fvykar","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fborgbase%2Fvykar","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fborgbase%2Fvykar/lists"}