plakar ☆
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Description:
Create backups with compression, encryption and deduplication
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.0.6@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 15, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Devops
Tags: backup deduplication encryption compression snapshot
Install: brew install plakar
About:
Plakar is a modern backup tool that creates snapshots with built-in compression, encryption, and deduplication to efficiently store data. It allows for secure, incremental backups that minimize storage space and bandwidth usage while ensuring data integrity and privacy.
Key Features:
  • Deduplication to save storage space
  • Encryption for secure backups
  • Compression for reduced backup size
  • Incremental snapshotting
Use Cases:
  • Creating secure offsite backups of personal or server data
  • Reducing storage costs for large datasets through deduplication
Alternatives:
  • restic – Similar deduplication and encryption features; restic is more mature with wider support
  • borgbackup – Deduplicated, encrypted backups; Borg is Python-based and widely used on Linux
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Dec 26, 2025 2:58pm 1.0.6 0 VERSION_BUMP 91ab3b33
Oct 15, 2025 11:16am 0 VERSION_BUMP b1bfe1c4
Sep 23, 2025 5:45am 0 VERSION_BUMP 348ed6ca
Sep 15, 2025 10:17pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 84a7bd80
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