Areca is a personal file backup software developed in Java.
It is released under the General Public License (GPL) v2.
Backup Engine Features :
- Archives compression (Zip & Zip64 format)
- Archives encryption (AES128 & AES256 encryption algorithms)
- Storage on local hard drive, network drive, USB key, FTP / FTPs server (with implicit and explicit SSL / TLS)
- Source file filters (by extension, subdirectory, regular expression, size, date, status, with AND/OR operators)
- Incremental, differential and full backup support
- Archives merges / deletion : You can merge contiguous archives in one single archive or safely delete your latest archives.
- As of date recovery : Areca allows you to recover your archives (or single files) as of a specific date.
- Transaction mechanism : All critical processes (such as backups or merges) support a transaction mechanism (with commit / rollback management) which guarantees your backups' integrity.
- Backup reports : Areca generates backup reports that can be stored on your disk or sent by email.
- Post backup scripts : Areca can launch shell scripts after backup.
- Files permissions and symbolic links backup. (Linux only)
- Support for delta backup (store only the modified parts of the files - not the whole files)
Graphical User Interface :
- Archives content explorer. (including a 'find file in archives' feature)
- Archive description : A manifest is associated to each archive, which contains various informations such as author, title, date, description, and some technical data.
- File history explorer : Areca keeps track of your file's history (creation / modifications / deletion) over your archives.
- Backup simulation : useful to check wether a backup is necessary
- User's actions history : Areca keeps an history of all user's actions (archives deletion, merges, backups, recoveries).
Command-Line Interface :
- Areca comes with a command-line interface which can be used for backup automation.
http://areca.sourceforge.net/
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