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Burp
Burp · founded 2011
Plans and prices
Burp (open source)
Free
No charge · AGPLv3 · No warranty stated
Read 12 Oct 2026 · burp.grke.org
On the record
- Author and support context
- The main author is Graham Keeling, who says he works on Burp in his spare time and invites donations to support continued work.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Backup controls
- Features include scheduling, continuing interrupted backups, multiple retention periods, and automatic client upgrades.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- mixedburp.grke.org · read 19 Sep 2026
- Computer backup
- Yesburp.grke.org · read 19 Sep 2026
- Downloads
- The download page lists version 3.3.0 as latest, 3.2.0 as stable, and says packages are available for popular Linux distributions and Homebrew for Mac.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Efficient backups
- Burp supports delta differencing with librsync, storage data deduplication, and network rate limiting.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Burp supports SSL-encrypted client/server communications and client-side file encryption; the site notes that client-side encryption turns off delta differencing.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- File support
- Burp backs up and restores files, directories, links, permissions, timestamps, Linux and FreeBSD ACLs and extended attributes, and Windows EFS files.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Notifications and monitoring
- Burp supports backup success or failure emails, a daily backup summary email, and a live ncurses server monitor.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Burp is open source free software released under the AGPLv3 licence.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Burp is a network backup and restore program designed to reduce network traffic and the space used by each backup.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- mixedburp.grke.org · read 19 Sep 2026
- Server and client
- Server mode runs on Unix-based systems, while client mode runs on Windows and Unix-based systems.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Verification
- The download page provides the author's GPG public key for verifying releases.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Warranty
- The site says Burp comes with no warranty and users are responsible for testing it and ensuring it works for them.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Web interface
- The separately named Burp-UI provides client and backup listings, a live backup monitor, backup-tree browsing, and graphical reports.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Windows snapshots
- Burp supports Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), listed for Windows XP R2 and newer.burp.grke.org · read 12 Oct 2026
