timevault 0.2.0

Time Machine-style personal backup orchestrated by Python & uv

Timeless-Py ⏳

Snapshot what matters, remember how to rebuild the rest.

Time Machine-style personal backup orchestrated by Python & uv.

Overview

Timeless-Py is a modern backup solution designed for macOS, providing:

• Hourly, daily, weekly deduplicated snapshots of user data
• Re-install manifest generation for applications and system packages
• Engine-agnostic approach with Restic, Borg, and Kopia support
• Client-side encryption (AES-256) with keys stored in Keychain
• Simple 10-minute setup: brew install timeless-py → timeless init --wizard

Features

• Snapshot Management: Create, browse, and restore backups with ease
• Retention Policies: Define flexible retention policies (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly)
• Manifest Generation: Auto-generate reinstall manifests for your Mac software
• Built-in Security: Fully encrypted snapshots with secure key management
• FUSE Integration: Mount snapshots as regular volumes for easy browsing
• Exclude Patterns: Specify patterns for files and directories to exclude from backups

M1 Milestone Features

• Restic Engine Integration: Full integration with Restic for backup, restore, snapshot management, and repository operations
• Retention Policy DSL: Define custom retention policies in YAML to automatically manage snapshot retention
• Exclude Patterns Support: Exclude specific files or directories from backups using glob patterns
• Comprehensive CLI Interface: User-friendly command-line interface for all operations

Installation

# Coming soon - once published
brew install timeless-py

# Initialize with wizard
timeless init --wizard

Usage

# Create a backup
timeless backup

# Mount latest snapshot
timeless mount

# Restore a file or directory
timeless restore <snapshot> <path>

# List available snapshots
timeless snapshots

# Verify repository integrity
timeless check

# Reinstall software from manifests
timeless brew-replay

Development

This project requires Python 3.11 or higher.

# Setup development environment
git clone https://github.com/rappdw/timeless.git
cd timeless
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run linting and type checks
ruff check .
black --check .
isort --check .
mypy --strict .

License

This project is licensed under Apache-2.0. See LICENSE file for more details.