Command-line tool

tarsnap

brew/tarsnap

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Online backups for the truly paranoid

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install tarsnap

Linux

brew install tarsnap

[c]reate a backup archive of one or more files or directories, specifying the cryptographic key and the cache directory

tarsnap -c --keyfile path/to/key_file --cachedir path/to/cache_directory -f archive_name path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

Simulate creating an archive, displaying how much data would be uploaded

tarsnap -c --dry-run --print-stats --keyfile path/to/key_file --cachedir path/to/cache_directory -f archive_name path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

List stored archives

tarsnap --list-archives --keyfile path/to/key_file

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