zupt/gui

Zupt GUI — Cross-Platform Post-Quantum Backup

Desktop application for zupt backup compression with ML-KEM-768 + X25519 post-quantum hybrid encryption.

Works on GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows.

Install

Linux (recommended)

tar xzf zupt-gui.tar.gz && cd zupt-gui
./zupt-gui                      # auto-creates venv, installs PySide6
./install.sh --user              # adds right-click menu integration

After install, right-click any file in Nemo/Nautilus to see "Compress with Zupt". Double-click any .zupt file to open it in the GUI.

Windows

Option A — Installer (recommended):

Download ZuptGUI-2.1.6-Setup.exe and run it. Installs to Program Files, adds Start Menu shortcut, desktop shortcut, right-click context menus, and .zupt file association. Includes uninstaller.

Option B — Build from source:

cd packaging\windows
build-windows.bat

Requires Python 3.9+, NSIS 3.x, and a compiled zupt.exe.

Option C — Run directly:

pip install PySide6
python src\zupt_gui.py

macOS / BSD

pip3 install PySide6
python3 src/zupt_gui.py

AppImage (universal Linux)

chmod +x zupt-gui-1.0.0-x86_64.AppImage
./zupt-gui-1.0.0-x86_64.AppImage

Flatpak

flatpak-builder --install build packaging/flatpak/dev.zupt.gui.yml
flatpak run dev.zupt.gui

Features

Tab	Function
Keys	Generate ML-KEM-768 + X25519 hybrid keypairs
Compress	All codecs, levels 1-9, dedup, solid, password, PQ keys
Extract	Decrypt and extract .zupt archives
Verify	Check block checksums, view archive metadata
Disk	Full-disk backup and restore
About	Version, cryptographic stack, credits

All tabs support drag-and-drop. Drop a .zupt file anywhere on the window to extract it. Drop any other file to compress it.

System Integration

Linux (Nemo / Cinnamon)

After ./install.sh --user:

• Right-click any file: Compress with Zupt
• Right-click .zupt file: Extract with Zupt
• Double-click .zupt: opens in Zupt GUI

Windows (after installer)

• Right-click any file: Compress with Zupt
• Right-click any folder: Compress with Zupt
• Double-click .zupt: opens in Zupt GUI
• Right-click .zupt: Verify Integrity

Architecture

Zupt GUI (PySide6, Python)
    |
    |-- subprocess.Popen() with streaming stderr
    |
    v
zupt CLI (Pure C11 binary)
    ML-KEM-768 + X25519 + AES-256-CTR
    VaptVupt / LZHP / Store codecs
    Block deduplication, full-disk backup

The GUI calls the zupt CLI binary — all cryptography runs in native C, not Python.

Packaging

Platform	Format	Tool
Any	pip	pip install .
Debian/Ubuntu/Mint	.deb	packaging/deb/control
Fedora/openSUSE	.rpm	rpmbuild -ba packaging/rpm/zupt-gui.spec
Universal Linux	.AppImage	packaging/appimage/build-appimage.sh
Sandboxed Linux	.flatpak	packaging/flatpak/dev.zupt.gui.yml
Windows	.exe installer	packaging/windows/build-windows.bat
Windows	NSIS .exe	packaging/windows/zupt-installer.nsi

Credits

• zupt v2.1.6 — Cristian Cezar Moises (github)
• libzupt v1.0.2 — Alessandro de Oliveira Faria (github)

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later — see LICENSE-GUI and the project-root LICENSE.

For commercial licensing inquiries, contact: sac@securityops.co