🧩 DWM Encrypted Backup & Restore Tool (v4.1 – Nerd Edition)
Author: Dennis Hilk
Version: 4.1
License: MIT
Release Date: 2025-10-18
🧠 Overview
The DWM Backup & Restore Tool v4.1 is a clean, nerd-approved shell utility
for creating AES-256-encrypted system backups of your Linux desktop environment.
Supports both single ZIP archives and split archives (100 MB chunks)
for easy GitHub uploads or NAS storage.
Built for 🐧 Debian 13 Minimal and fully compatible with your
DWM + Rofi + ZSH + Powerlevel10k setup.
🔒 Features
| 🧩 Feature | 🧠 Description |
|---|---|
| 🔐 AES-256 Encryption | Secure password-protected backups using zip -e |
| 🧱 Split or Single Mode | Choose between one big file or multiple 100 MB chunks |
| 🧮 Automatic Verification | Integrity check after backup (SHA256 + unzip -t) |
| 🧰 Multi-config Backup | Includes DWM, Rofi, sxhkd, Kitty, Dunst, Picom, Slstatus, ZSH |
| 🧾 Nerd Status UI | ASCII-style dialog output with icons and checksums |
| 🧩 Smart Restore | Auto-detects backups in ./backups or script folder |
| 💬 Error Handling | Detects wrong passwords or missing split parts |
| 🧠 100 % Offline | No external API calls — pure bash and dialog magic |
🧾 Menu Overview
- 🔒 Create encrypted backup (AES-256)
- 🔐 Restore encrypted backup
- ❌ Exit
📦 Backup Options
- Single AES-256 ZIP (one large file)
- Split into 100 MB chunks (GitHub-friendly)
⚙️ Dependencies
The tool installs missing packages automatically:
sudo apt install dialog zip unzip sha256sum