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Desktop UI

The desktop UI is in development and not yet stable. Planned for Windows and macOS; no Linux desktop app.

Linux is CLI-only but can be driven from Windows or macOS desktop clients. Until the desktop app ships, follow this manual’s CLI guides and command reference.

Current recommendation

Recommended way to stand up backups today:

  1. Use templates in this manual to create and verify app.toml, bak.toml, prj.toml, and related config.
  2. Or use a dedicated test machine and have AI assist with full setup and first-backup validation.
  3. On a test machine, verify backup, restore, encryption, upload, and cleanup; re-check paths, permissions, object storage, and keys in config.
  4. After validation, promote config to production (without test-only secrets) for critical data and app backups.

Do not let AI run unreviewed config changes or destructive --apply commands in production. When migrating config, replace hosts, accounts, keys, and object storage credentials, then dry-run again.

Desktop app vs. CLI

The desktop app is the visual entry on Windows and macOS; Linux hosts run the CLI and can be managed backup nodes. Whichever entry you use, validate config and results against the command reference.