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A simple paper backup tool

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If you are working with GnuPG or SSH, you will probably understand the fear of losing your keys. This tool makes a "hard copy" of your text files including but not limited to your keys, 2FA backups, config files etc.

Papyrus can produce a PDF output which consist of QR codes made from your file to restore easily, in addition to OCR-friendly plain text version of your file, to prevent any failure on QR codes, with checksums for each line.

My personal recommendation is to print your paper backup with laser printer to acid-free paper, put it into a plastic bag (Mylar is preferred) and seal it with a heat sealer (you can find one around 25 USD, also useful for food packaging).

sudo snap install papyrus

Go to theReleases page and download the package for your distribution and signatures.

1. Download release files and checksums
2. Get my GnuPG key to verify checksums

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D854D9D85CB4910704BD9C5B2D33E2BD3D975818

3. VerifySHA256SUMS file by running:

gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc

4. Verify SHA256 checksums with:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS

Give execution permission to AppImage file and run Papyrus:

chmod +x papyrus*-linux.AppImage./papyrus-*.AppImage

Install deb package and run Papyrus:

sudo dpkg -i papyrus*.debpapyrus

QR pages	OCR zebra	OCR plain

• Implement andOTP (or similiar) backup parser function
• Implement password manager (KeePassXC, pass etc.) parser
• Add restore from scan function
• Add custom title and description to PDF

Any contributions you make aregreatly appreciated.

• If you have suggestions for adding or removing features, feel free toopen an issue to discuss it, or directly create a pull request after you edit theREADME.md file with necessary changes.
• Please make sure you check your spelling and grammar.
• Create individual PR for each suggestion.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b new_feature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin new_feature)
5. Open a pull pequest

Copyright (C) 2023 Özcan OğuzThis program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modifyit under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published bythe Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or(at your option) any later version.This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty ofMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See theGNU General Public License for more details.You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licensealong with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

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