Driven v0.1.0
Initial general-availability release of Driven, a one-way encrypted backup
desktop app that mirrors local folders into the user's own Google Drive.
Features
- One-way folder backup to Google Drive. Local additions and changes are
uploaded; remote files are never written back to disk during normal
operation, so the source folders are the single source of truth. - Client-side encryption per source. Filenames and file contents are
encrypted with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before upload; a BIP39 recovery phrase
protects the per-account master key. Encryption is opt-in per source. - Scanner and planner that walk the source tree, honor
.gitignoreplus the
built-in and user exclude rules, follow the symlink policy, and compute the
minimal upload / trash plan against the recorded remote state. - Concurrent executor with a pacer that bounds in-flight work, retries on
transient network failures, and resumes interrupted multi-part uploads. - Battery and network awareness. Backups defer on battery and on metered or
offline networks, and resume automatically when conditions allow. - Windows Volume Shadow Copy support so files held with an exclusive write
lock (for example Outlook PST files, running database files) still back up. - Restore browser. Browse the encrypted remote tree, full-text search file
names, and restore selected files to a chosen folder with streaming
decryption. - Activity dashboard with a live tail and paginated, filterable history of
every backup operation. - In-app auto-update with signed update manifests and a stable / dev channel
selector (Settings > About). See the README for the macOS updater caveat. - Anonymous, opt-out telemetry (coarse counts only; no file names, paths, or
content) to help prioritize fixes. - First-run setup wizard for Google sign-in, bring-your-own OAuth client
credentials, source selection, and the encryption recovery phrase.