I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze

In plain words

This is an open-source, privacy-focused backup tool designed as a simpler alternative to Backblaze Personal. It features a PyQt6 desktop interface and uses Restic as its backup engine, with a Laravel-based server backend. The entire codebase is available on GitHub. It targets users who want automated file backup with privacy guarantees and transparent, auditable code, similar to how Bitwarden operates for password management.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Blobbackup is a private, open source and secure cloud computer backup service. Personal backup without compromising any privacy for $12 per month.

People accidentally deleting or overwriting important files is the most common form of data loss. Downloading the wrong file or using insecure Wifi can infect your computer with viruses or ransomware. Both classic hard drives and modern solid state drives can and do fail through no fault of the user. Sudden power outages can corrupt your files as well as various computer hardware components. If you travel with your laptop or work in public spaces often (eg: cafes), you're vulnerable to computer theft. Spilling coffee or water on your computer can cause a short circuit, making data loss very likely. From tornadoes to fire, disasters can happen unexpectedly. And when they do, data loss is…from blobbackup.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Creator here. I was looking for something as simple as Backblaze Personal [1] but privacy focused and open source. This is my attempt to build that. Uses PyQt6 [2] for the GUI and Pyinstaller [3] for creating the platform specific binaries. The backup engine under the hood is Restic [4]. The server code is written in…

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