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Project Summary

Flashback is a backup application for MidnightBSD, FreeBSD, Linux and Mac OS X. It runs as a daemon in the background and has a web interface for management. It allows you to create tarballs of existing directories or files on a schedule.

It has been written in C++ and started as a software engineering project at Eastern Michigan University. Byron Heads, Chris Tubbs, and Lucas Holt created flashback.

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backup backup_utility bsd c++ linux mac_os_x tar

In a Nutshell, flashback...

BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

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Many reported vulnerabilities
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C++
78%
C
17%
4 Other
5%

30 Day Summary

Jun 4 2025 — Jul 4 2025

12 Month Summary

Jul 4 2024 — Jul 4 2025

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