{{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox software |name = luckyBackup |developer = Loukas Avgeriou<ref name=LinuxLinks/> | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|df=yes}} |operating_system = Linux, {{citation needed span|text=Unix|date=April 2015}}, Mac OS X, Windows<ref name=sf>{{sourceforge|luckybackup}}</ref> |genre = Backup |programming language = C++ |license = GPL 3 |website = {{url|luckybackup.sourceforge.net}} }} '''luckyBackup''' is a free backup application for Linux.<ref name="lfh">{{cite news |last1=Purdy |first1=Kevin |title=LuckyBackup Makes Backups and Syncing Easy on Linux |url=https://lifehacker.com/luckybackup-makes-backups-and-syncing-easy-on-linux-5617415 |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=LifeHacker |date=20 August 2010}}</ref> It provides a GUI based on the cross-platform Qt framework and is not fundamentally console based or web based as many of the clients from the list of backup software are. The GUI is translated in many languages and is available in repositories of all major Linux distributions including Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Mandriva, Slackware and Gentoo.<ref name="may">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Mayank |title=Linux backup: the complete guide |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/linux-backup-the-complete-guide-933134 |access-date=10 February 2021 |date=6 March 2011}}</ref>
The latest version was released in November 2018 and while development is "almost frozen", the program is still supported.<ref>{{Cite web |title=luckyBackup - backup and sync utility |url=https://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/index.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=luckybackup.sourceforge.net}}</ref>
==Awards - Distinctions== * 3 August 2009: 3rd place at the SourceForge Community Choice Awards as a "best new project"<ref name=LinuxLinks>{{cite web|title=luckyBackup|url=http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100419140851383/luckyBackup.html|website=LinuxLinks.com|date=21 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=openDesktop>{{cite web|title=luckyBackup|url=http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=94391&forumpage=3&PHPSESSID=29e8a63143a4ba6e2eb09bb9ed302430|website=openDesktop.org|date=28 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=OnlineStorageNews>{{cite web|title=LuckyBackUp – Open Source Remote Backup for Linux Users|url=http://www.onlinestoragenews.org/2010/04/14/luckybackup-open-source-remote-backup-for-linux-users/|website=Online Storage News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417082851/http://www.onlinestoragenews.org/2010/04/14/luckybackup-open-source-remote-backup-for-linux-users|archivedate=17 April 2010|date=14 April 2010}}</ref> * 2008–2010: Highest rated application at kde-apps.org<ref name=openDesktop/>
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==External links== *{{sourceforge|luckybackup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luckybackup}} Category:Free backup software Category:Backup software for Linux Category:Free software programmed in C++ Category:Software using the GNU General Public License