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Desktop GUI

Vykar includes a desktop GUI for managing repositories, running backups, and browsing/restoring snapshots. It is built with Slint and tray-icon.

Vykar GUI

Installing

macOS

A signed app bundle (Vykar Backup.app) is included in the release archive. Download the latest release from the releases page, extract it, and drag the app to your Applications folder.

Linux

Download the AppImage from the releases page. It bundles most dependencies and runs on x86_64 Linux distributions with glibc 2.39+ (Ubuntu 24.04+, Fedora 40+, Arch, etc.):

chmod +x vykar-gui-*-x86_64.AppImage
./vykar-gui-*-x86_64.AppImage

AppImages require FUSE 2 to run. If you get a FUSE-related error, either install it or use the extract-and-run fallback:

# Install FUSE 2 (Ubuntu 24.04+)
sudo apt install libfuse2t64

# Or run without FUSE
APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 ./vykar-gui-*-x86_64.AppImage

Alternatively, the Intel glibc release archive includes a bare vykar-gui binary. This requires system libraries like libxdo to be installed separately:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install libxdo3

To build from source, install the development headers:

sudo apt install libxdo-dev libgtk-3-dev libxkbcommon-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev
cargo build --release -p vykar-gui

The binary is at target/release/vykar-gui.

Windows

The GUI is included in the Windows release archive. Download the latest release from the releases page and extract vykar-gui.exe.