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Burp

Network backup and restore program for Unix and Windows

Backup & Recovery ★ 502 stars Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Burp is a backup and restore program that uses librsync to save network and disk usage, while protecting against corruption. It supports client-side encryption and Windows VSS.

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Key features

  • librsync-based deduplication
  • Client-side encryption
  • Windows VSS support

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • Written in C
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Burp secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Burp's latest release (3.3.0). OSV.dev lists 2 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2017-18284, published 2018-06-04 (3054 days ago), fixed in 2.1.32

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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