What is this?

Hermes is an open-source distributed unlimited redundant backup solution.

With current backup storage systems, it is all too common to have a high investment, while getting a tiny amount storage, that often come along with privacy issues. Hermes aims to offers a free and open-source network of computers all around the world to provide a distributed and most importantly, anonymous backup solution. The system uses LZMA compression to provide a large amount of network redundancy without having dedicated servers. Files pushed to the network are also encrypted with AES, and split up into blocks to be sent all around the world.

Getting Started

To start using Hermes, you must first download and install the client to your computer. Next you must generate and load a vault key to authenticate your client, and allow you to connect to the network. You can do it it like this:

$ hermes generate key_file
$ hermes load key_file
$ hermes update

Your computer will sync with the Hermes network, allowing you to push and pull files to and from your vault. Make sure to backup your keyfile as this is the only way to gain access to your vault.

Authors and Contributors

The Hermes Project was originally conceived by @olanmatt and developed at the 2013 Spring AngelHack held in Toronto. The project is developed and maintained by @eud0xus, @William-Mak, and @AnthonyKalsatos.

Support or Contact

Having trouble with Hermes? Check out the documentation at http://github.com/olanmatt/hermes or contact hermes@polylabs.ca and we’ll help you sort it out.