Webdar

Spec sheet

Purpose

Webdar is a web interface to the libdar library for creating and restoring backups.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Product

Webdar is a small single executable that combines a web server with the libdar backup library.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Supported platforms

linux,webRead 19 Sep 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Support

The project says communications and exchanges are planned through GitHub Discussions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Archive features

It can create binary deltas, preserve inode types and hard links, handle sparse files and extended attributes, and split archives into slices.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Authentication

When started, Webdar displays a browser login and a randomly generated password in its terminal output.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Availability

The maker provides signed source packages and statically linked Linux binaries for x86_64 and ARM, and notes the binaries are distro independent for supported CPU types.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Backup features

It supports binary deltas, file filtering, sliced archives, and restoration of selected files.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Backup scope

fileRead 19 Sep 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Backup types

It supports full, differential, incremental, and decremental backups.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Compression

Available compression algorithms include gzip, bzip2, lzo, xz/lzma, zstd, and lz4.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Computer backup

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Configuration

Configurations can be stored locally or uploaded and downloaded through the web session.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Encryption and integrity

The site describes backup encryption with key derivation and per-slice hashing, and says backups are strongly ciphered by default.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Limits

The tutorial says Webdar is ready for multiple users, but only the admin user is available at the time described.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Linux downloads

The site offers signed source packages and statically linked binaries for Linux on x86_64 and ARM; the binaries are described as distro independent.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Mobile backup

NoRead 19 Sep 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Network security

The tutorial recommends HTTPS for untrusted networks and warns that credentials in uploaded or downloaded configurations can be exposed without a secured connection.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Operations

The tutorial describes backup creation, testing, comparison, listing, isolation, merging, repair, and restoration operations.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Ransomware protection

NoRead 19 Sep 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Remote repositories

Webdar includes FTP and SFTP clients for transferring backups and restoring data from remote repositories.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Restore modes

fileRead 19 Sep 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Sessions and users

The tutorial says the admin user can run several parallel sessions, while additional user support is described as a future feature.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

SFTP security

The tutorial advises enabling checks of remote SFTP hosts against the known-host file.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Storage integrations

Webdar includes an FTP and SFTP client for transferring and restoring backups, as well as local filesystem storage.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Support channel

The project site says communications and exchanges are planned through GitHub Discussions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Web access

Webdar runs on the machine where the data is located and is accessed through a browser; by default it listens on the local loopback interface.Read 12 Oct 2026 · edrusb.github.io

Where Specifiction places it

• Backup software#122 of 1517.2