SafeCopi

SafeCopi helps you copy and back up files safely, especially when your network is unreliable.

If your transfer keeps failing because Wi-Fi drops, VPN disconnects, or a remote server goes offline for a moment, SafeCopi is made for that.

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What It Does

• Copies one or many sources (local folders and/or remote paths) to a destination.
• Works with local drives and remote destinations (user@host:/path).
• Automatically retries after errors or disconnects.
• Lets you pause and resume a running transfer.
• Shows progress, speed, and time remaining.
• Can check destination free space before starting.
• Can test SSH from the Add/Edit source dialog for remote sources, and Test SSH next to the destination when it is remote.

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Why People Use It

• Large backups that run for hours or days.
• Home server / NAS backups over shaky links.
• Remote copies where normal rsync commands are easy to mistype.
• Anyone who wants a safer, simpler workflow than running shell commands by hand.

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Quick Start

1. Use Add source… for each entry: pick Local folder or Remote (SSH / SFTP) (user@host:/path / sftp://…); optional password per remote row is session-only (not saved).
2. Set destination (local path or user@host:/path).
3. For a remote destination, use Test SSH under Browse… if you want to verify SSH (optional Dest. password).
4. For remote sources, use Test SSH connection… in Add source… / Edit… if you want to verify before adding or saving the row.
5. Run Dest. space to confirm capacity.
6. Click Start sync.

SafeCopi will keep retrying if the connection drops, based on your retry settings.

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Requirements

• Python 3.10 or newer
• rsync and ssh installed on your system
• Python packages in requirements.txt
• Optional: sshpass if you do password-based SSH without keys

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Install

git clone https://github.com/UnDadFeated/SafeCopi.git
cd SafeCopi
python -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -U pip
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

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Running

cd SafeCopi
.venv/bin/python -m safecopi

or:

./run-safecopi

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Helpful Notes

• If you use remote paths, SSH keys are recommended.
• Start sync checks destination free space, then runs rsync. Progress and size hints come from rsync’s own output (percent, bytes, and queue counters), not from a separate folder walk.
• You can run a dry run first to preview behavior before writing files.
• The app writes troubleshooting events to debug.log.
• Local source folders are copied as folders into the destination (for example, selecting Sofie Backup/ creates Destination/Sofie Backup/).
• Change a listed source with Edit… or by double-clicking the row (same dialog as Add source…, with fields prefilled).
• Source list icons (remote rows only): hollow circle when no password is set; grey dot when a password is set but not yet tested; green check or red X after the last Test SSH connection… result from Add/Edit source for that row. Passwords are not saved—only paths and other options are stored in settings.

Releases

• Current release: 2.1.3
• Version source: safecopi/__init__.py
• Full history: CHANGELOG.md
• Version bumps for this repo are applied only when the maintainer requests a release (e.g. by saying push update); routine work does not change the tagged version by default.

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_{Repository: github.com/UnDadFeated/SafeCopi}