Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install tarsnap

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install tarsnap

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/tarsnap/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#tarsnap

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ta/tarsnap/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S tarsnap

Arch Linux sync databases · tarsnap · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Online backups for the truly paranoid

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

tarsnap
tarsnap-keygen
tarsnap-keymgmt
tarsnap-keyregen
tarsnap-recrypt

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Tarsnap is a secure, efficient command-line online backup service for Unix-like systems, centered on client-side keys, deduplication, and pay-for-actual-usage storage. It is famous among command-line and security-minded users because its normal interface is a tar-like CLI rather than a consumer backup app.

Projektgeschichte

The official site describes Tarsnap as a command-line backup service for Linux, the BSDs, macOS, and other Unix-like systems. The official client repository is for developers who want to watch changes, investigate bugs, or test unreleased features, while the website recommends official release downloads for normal use.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Official news shows active public releases and service milestones from at least 2009, including the move from beta-era web pages to the main website in September 2009, Tarsnap 1.0.26 in December 2009, bug bounties in 2011, a Tarsnap book in 2015, and Tarsnap 1.0.41 in March 2025. The supplied package-manager metadata shows Tarsnap packaged in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users create, list, extract, delete, verify, and recover encrypted remote archives with the tarsnap CLI and related key utilities. The official man page documents keyfile and cachedir driven operation, default configuration files, archive listing, fsck/recovery modes, and examples for cron-based full-system backups.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care because Tarsnap is a compact, scriptable backup primitive with serious cryptographic and operational opinions. Its package surface includes multiple binaries, configuration files, key generation, cache directories, man pages, and a GUI-facing initialization mode, all of which make it a classic Unix packaging case rather than a single executable.

Zeitleiste

2009-09: Official news says the non-minimalist tarsnap.com website replaced scattered beta-era information.
2009-12: Tarsnap 1.0.26 released.
2011-04: Official bug bounty program announced.
2015-03: Official news notes publication of Tarsnap Mastery.
2015-05: Official GitHub repository created for client-code development visibility.
2022-02: Tarsnap 1.0.40 released.
2025-03: Tarsnap 1.0.41 released with XDG config support and other changes.

Related projects

Tarsnap GUI, tarsnap-keygen, tarsnap-keymgmt, tarsnap-keyregen, tarsnap-recrypt, tar, libarchive, scrypt, spiped.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:backup

Installationsverhalten

Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /usr/local/etc/tarsnap.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tarsnap/tarsnap.conf~/.config/tarsnap/tarsnap.conf~/.tarsnaprc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: keyfile path passed via --keyfilekeyfile path configured in tarsnap.conf

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`tarsnap`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.
`tarsnap-keygen`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.
`tarsnap-keymgmt`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.
`tarsnap-keyregen`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.
`tarsnap-recrypt`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-08-03

Manager-Version1.0.41

Manager aktualisiert

lokale Datenunbekannt

Upstreamnicht verfügbar

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:tarsnap
Version	1.0.41
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://www.tarsnap.com/
Repository	https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap
Bottle	nicht erfasst
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

tarsnap

nix profile install nixpkgs#tarsnap

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Tarsnap

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ta/tarsnap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

tarsnap 1.0.41-1

An online encrypted snapshotted backup service

https://www.tarsnap.com/

sudo pacman -S tarsnap

License: custom
Architecture: x86_64
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Tarsnap

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: tarsnap from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

tarsnap

sudo port install tarsnap

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Tarsnap

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/tarsnap/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/tarsnap.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

tarsnap mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman installieren