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https://github.com/swampapp/swamp

Navigate your backed up data without drowning.
https://github.com/swampapp/swamp

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# Swamp



A GNOME application to index, search, stream, download and export files in [Restic](https://restic.net) repositories.



[Quick start guide](docs/quickstart.md).



**⚠️ Currently alpha quality:**



* [Ubuntu Desktop 20.04](https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04) (with GNOME) is the only environment currently supported

* It may crash often

* It may behave unreliably

* The on-disk data and index format may change before the final release, and data migration isn't guaranteed, forcing you to re-index your repositories eventually

* It may have obvious and important issues that could compromise the safety and security of your data

* Large chunks of the code are still in a PoC state and may lack readability, proper error handling or reporting

* Some functionality is still missing



There's a more comprehensive overview of what's missing for those technically inclined or willing to contribute in the [release plan document](docs/release_plan.md).



## Features



### Read-only



Swamp doesn't write to your Restic repository. It works just fine with read-only repositories.



### Desktop integration



The GNOME keyring is the place where the repository credentials are stored. Other features like [MPRIS](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/) (to play media files) and [UPower](https://upower.freedesktop.org/) (to prevent the indexing process when on battery) are planed.



Dark/Light themes are also supported.



![](docs/images/dark-light.png)



### Supports any Restic backend



Swamp is powered by [Restic](https://restic.net), meaning that it can index and search S3, Rest Server, local, rclone backends, etc. (Limited to S3, local and rest in the current alpha version)



### Powerful query language



Swamp uses and extends [the Bleve query language](https://blevesearch.com/docs/Query/) to make locating/searching for backed up files easy.



![](docs/images/search.png)



With the query language you can do things like:



* Search for files bigger or smaller than a given size

* Find duplicated files

* Find documents, videos, audio files, etc easily

* Find recently backed up files

* Find recently modified files



And much more. See the ![query language tutorial](docs/queries.md) for some additional examples.



### Reasonably fast indexing



Capable of indexing 1000+ files per second in a regular laptop. Polls for new Restic snapshots regularly to index them automatically.



![](docs/images/swamp-index.gif)



### Tagger



Tag you backed up files to quickly locate them later.



![](docs/images/tags.png)



### Multiple repositories



Supports indexing and searching multiple Restic repositories. The author uses Restic repositories as "append-only, deduplicated and encrypted storage servers" (where files are never pruned/deleted) and shares some of those repositories with family members and friends, so Swamp tries to make it easier to search across them (the main motivation behind creating Swamp).



### Stream Download and Export your backed up data



Swamp can stream your video or audio files or download/export any file and version to the desired location.



![](docs/images/menu.png)



### Keyboard friendly



Swamp provides quick access to the most important features via keyboard shortcuts.



See [keyboard shortcuts documentation](docs/keyboard-shortcuts.md).



### Command line interface



Swamp includes a command line interface (`swp`) to query the repositories after being indexed.



![](docs/images/cli.png)



## Quick Start Guide



The [quick start guide](docs/quickstart.md) will get you started with swamp. Don't worry, if you already know Restic, this will be a walk in the park.



## Developer resources



### Building from source



**Needs** [Go 1.16](https://golang.org/dl/#unstable), currently in beta.



Install the required dependencies and run `make`:



```

sudo apt install build-essential libgtk-3-dev libcairo2-dev libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin upx

make

```



### Architecture



See [architecture.md](docs/architecture.md)



### Credits



* Awesome logos from [@blackirin](https://github.com/blackirin)

* Animated gifs from [loading.io](https://loading.io)

* Application icons ([Qogir](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Qogir-icon-theme), [Tela](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Tela-icon-theme), [We10x](https://github.com/yeyushengfan258/We10X-icon-theme), [Infinity Lavender](https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1457365), [McMuse](https://github.com/yeyushengfan258/McMuse-icon-theme))

* [Restic](https://github.com/restic/restic) code is used by swamp via [RAPI](https://github.com/rubiojr/rapi)

* [Bluge](https://github.com/blugelabs/bluge) powers repository indexing and search (via [rindex](https://github.com/rubiojr/rindex))

* [Gotk3](https://github.com/gotk3/gotk3) is the graphical toolkit doing the pixel pushing

* [Keyring](https://github.com/zalando/go-keyring) provides access to the GNOME keyring

* A few libraries from the amazing [@muesli](https://github.com/muesli)

* [Zerolog](https://github.com/rs/zerolog) for superb structured logging

* [Go LevelDB](https://github.com/syndtr/goleveldb) to store out-of-the-index bits used by Swamp

* [CLI](https://github.com/urfave/cli), my favorite command line parser

* [Humanize](https://github.com/dustin/go-humanize) makes some numbers easily parseable by humans