diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d2d20e229..fe00be7a7d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ docs/resources/
pkg/static/templates_vfsdata.go
files/
!pkg/files/
+vikunja-dump*
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/usage/cli.md b/docs/content/doc/usage/cli.md
index 02df87650f..c43baa2061 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/usage/cli.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/usage/cli.md
@@ -81,4 +81,14 @@ Starts Vikunja's REST api server.
Usage:
{{< highlight bash >}}
$ vikunja web
-{{< /highlight >}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{< /highlight >}}
+
+### `dump`
+
+Creates a zip file with all vikunja-related files.
+This includes config, version, all files and the full database.
+
+Usage:
+{{< highlight bash >}}
+$ vikunja dump
+{{< /highlight >}}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/dump.go b/pkg/cmd/dump.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fd9898df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/dump.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the 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 of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/dump"
+ "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+ "time"
+)
+
+func init() {
+ rootCmd.AddCommand(dumpCmd)
+}
+
+var dumpCmd = &cobra.Command{
+ Use: "dump",
+ Short: "Dump all vikunja data into a zip file. Includes config, files and db.",
+ PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+ fullInit()
+ },
+ Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+ filename := "vikunja-dump_" + time.Now().Format("2006-01-02_15-03-05") + ".zip"
+ dump.Dump(filename)
+ },
+}
diff --git a/pkg/db/dump.go b/pkg/db/dump.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f608016469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/db/dump.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the 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 of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package db
+
+import "encoding/json"
+
+// Dump dumps all database tables
+func Dump() (data map[string][]byte, err error) {
+ tables, err := x.DBMetas()
+ if err != nil {
+ return
+ }
+
+ data = make(map[string][]byte, len(tables))
+ for _, table := range tables {
+ entries := []map[string]interface{}{}
+ err := x.Table(table.Name).Find(&entries)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ data[table.Name], err = json.Marshal(entries)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ }
+
+ return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/files/dump.go b/pkg/files/dump.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..154f9f6662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/files/dump.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the 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 of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package files
+
+import "bytes"
+
+// Dump dumps all saved files
+// This only includes the raw files, no db entries.
+func Dump() (allFiles map[int64][]byte, err error) {
+ files := []*File{}
+ err = x.Find(&files)
+ if err != nil {
+ return
+ }
+
+ allFiles = make(map[int64][]byte, len(files))
+ for _, file := range files {
+ if err := file.LoadFileByID(); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ var buf bytes.Buffer
+ if _, err := buf.ReadFrom(file.File); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ allFiles[file.ID] = buf.Bytes()
+ }
+
+ return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/modules/dump/dump.go b/pkg/modules/dump/dump.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..291d3d7446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/modules/dump/dump.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the 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 of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package dump
+
+import (
+ "archive/zip"
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/files"
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/version"
+ "github.com/spf13/viper"
+ "io"
+ "os"
+ "strconv"
+)
+
+// Change to deflate to gain better compression
+// see http://golang.org/pkg/archive/zip/#pkg-constants
+const compressionUsed = zip.Deflate
+
+// Dump creates a zip file with all vikunja files at filename
+func Dump(filename string) {
+ dumpFile, err := os.Create(filename)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error opening dump file: %s", err)
+ }
+ defer dumpFile.Close()
+
+ dumpWriter := zip.NewWriter(dumpFile)
+ defer dumpWriter.Close()
+
+ // Config
+ log.Info("Start dumping config file...")
+ err = writeFileToZip(viper.ConfigFileUsed(), dumpWriter)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error saving config file: %s", err)
+ }
+ log.Info("Dumped config file")
+
+ // Version
+ log.Info("Start dumping version file...")
+ err = writeBytesToZip("VERSION", []byte(version.Version), dumpWriter)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error saving version: %s", err)
+ }
+ log.Info("Dumped version")
+
+ // Database
+ log.Info("Start dumping database...")
+ data, err := db.Dump()
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error saving database data: %s", err)
+ }
+ for t, d := range data {
+ err = writeBytesToZip("database/"+t+".json", d, dumpWriter)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error writing database table %s: %s", t, err)
+ }
+ }
+ log.Info("Dumped database")
+
+ // Files
+ log.Info("Start dumping files...")
+ allFiles, err := files.Dump()
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error saving file: %s", err)
+ }
+ for fid, fcontent := range allFiles {
+ err = writeBytesToZip("files/"+strconv.FormatInt(fid, 10), fcontent, dumpWriter)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Criticalf("Error writing file %d: %s", fid, err)
+ }
+ }
+ log.Infof("Dumped files")
+
+ log.Info("Done creating dump")
+ log.Infof("Dump file saved at %s", filename)
+
+}
+
+func writeFileToZip(filename string, writer *zip.Writer) error {
+ // #nosec
+ fileToZip, err := os.Open(filename)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ defer fileToZip.Close()
+
+ // Get the file information
+ info, err := fileToZip.Stat()
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+
+ header, err := zip.FileInfoHeader(info)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+
+ header.Name = info.Name()
+ header.Method = compressionUsed
+
+ w, err := writer.CreateHeader(header)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ _, err = io.Copy(w, fileToZip)
+ return err
+}
+
+func writeBytesToZip(filename string, data []byte, writer *zip.Writer) (err error) {
+ header := &zip.FileHeader{
+ Name: filename,
+ Method: compressionUsed,
+ }
+ w, err := writer.CreateHeader(header)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ _, err = w.Write(data)
+ return
+}