Downloads

Just in case people are missing the rather small download links on the left, you can download the latest versions of Bonkey here:

Windows

Mac OS X

Bonkey is now Open Source

Bonkey runs free with the buffalo.

The source to Bonkey is available on Sourceforge.net at https://sourceforge.net/projects/bonkey/ under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Please contact thebackupmonkey@gmail.com if you are interested in contributing to the project.

Going Open Source

Bonkey is going Open Source. I haven't got time to maintain and develop it, but I would be disappointed to see it rust away in the garage.

There are a few wrinkles to iron out (most notably merging the Mac and Windows trees and getting it setup in a repository), but otherwise the code is in relatively good shape. Hosting services other than S3 can be added reasonably easily. It is all written in Java on top of Eclipse's RCP.

If anyone is interested in helping establish the project, please drop me a line at thebackupmonkey@gmail.com

Updates

New versions posted, fixing two bugs:

1. Encryption on S3 was failing due to too many bytes being written as a result of the encryption algorithm padding files. This has been addressed for the most part, but will still occur occasionally. It won't corrupt data, it will just stop the occasional upload.  A long term fix is in the works.
2. FTP connections are now working again.
   

Known issues:

1. Windows shares are not accessible on Mac OS X.
   
2. As noted above, there is still an issue with padding on encryption to S3. Recommended to use S3 without encryption at the moment as all traffic is sent over HTTPS in any case (ie encrypted in transit); or to backup to an encrypted local location and then from there to an unencrypted S3 one.

To download use the "Latest versions links on the left".

Bonkey on Mac OS X

At long last - a release for Mac OS X. This was tested on Leopard (10.5.3 to be precise) on an Intel based machine, but should run on others as well. Please throw something at thebackupmonkey@thegoogleymail if you run into any problems.

Available here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/bonkey/Bonkey.zip

Installation:

1. Download the zip file.
2. Extract the zip file and copy the resulting folder to your Applications folder.

If you want your backups to happen automatically (you probably do):

1. Open a terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal).
   
2. Enter   /Applications/Bonkey/install.sh   and press enter.

Two screenshots:

Update: Bonkey 3.0.1

Fixes a bug with SFTP access which resulted in logins failing. Download is still in the same place: http://s3.amazonaws.com/bonkey/setup.exe.

Mac OS X version coming soon

Here's a screenshot - just some final issues with the installer to work out.