Online backups for the truly paranoid
Tarsnap is a secure online backup service for BSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris, Cygwin, and can probably be compiled on many other UNIX-like operating systems. The Tarsnap client code provides a flexible and powerful command-line interface which can be used directly or via shell scripts.
At the present time, Tarsnap does not support Windows (except via Cygwin) and does not have a graphical user interface.
Start using Tarsnap now!
With five minutes to download and install Tarsnap and $5 for an initial deposit, you can get started with Tarsnap today and stop worrying about whether your data is safe.
Tarsnap pricing
Tarsnap works on a prepaid model based on actual usage.
| Storage: | 300 picodollars / byte-month ($0.30 / GB-month) |
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| Bandwidth: | 300 picodollars / byte ($0.30 / GB) |
These prices are based on the actual number of bytes stored and the actual number of bytes of bandwidth used — after compression. Due to Tarsnap's strong encryption, there is no way for the Tarsnap service to know how much data you had before it was compressed.
Tarsnap has no fixed or minimum monthly fees!
Tarsnap is billed only based on actual usage — if you only store a small amount of data, a $5 payment might last you for years.
Tarsnap news
Tarsnap 1.0.32 released - February 22, 2012
Version 1.0.32 of the Tarsnap client code is now available for download. This version brings a bug fix to the --nodump option on Linux and a workaround for a compiler bug in OS X 10.7 (Lion).
Tarsnap 1.0.31 released - November 17, 2011
Version 1.0.31 of the Tarsnap client code is now available for download. This version brings two security fixes relating to key generation on multi-user systems, support for Minix, and several minor features and bug fixes.
Tarsnap 1.0.30 released - August 25, 2011
Version 1.0.30 "bug bounty edition" of the Tarsnap client code is now available for download. This version brings numerous minor bug fixes.