breath in... backup
[boi] ✓ Created and mounted APFS snapshot 2026-07-11-120102.
[boi] ✓ Archived 18.35 GiB in 267561 files.
┌ nas ✓ 267561 N 18.35 GiB S 11.62 GiB C 22.74 MiB D
└ Created archive in 106.872165 seconds
┌ remote ✓ 267561 N 18.35 GiB S 11.62 GiB C 26.27 MiB D
└ Created archive in 107.827067 seconds
[boi] ✓ Unmounted APFS snapshot; deleting in background.
boi is a small, opinionated wrapper for Borg that:
- Backs up
$HOMEto multiple repos concurrently - Uses APFS snapshots on macOS to avoid file drift
- Prunes archives on request using simple retention policies
It's something I've designed entirely for myself and my usage patterns, as an evolution of the Bash scripts I somehow decided were preferable to any more widely accepted, featureful, and battle-tested Borg automation solution. It's made public largely in the hope that the code might be useful as a reference, probably for my future self more than anyone else.