diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.egg-info
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "restic"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Lightweight wrapper around restic"
+authors = [
+    { name = "John Lancaster", email = "32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com" },
+]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+
+dependencies = ["rich", "requests"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+uv
+ruff
+rich
+requests
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diff --git a/src/restic/__init__.py b/src/restic/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/restic/backup.py b/src/restic/backup.py
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+++ b/src/restic/backup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import json
+import logging
+import subprocess
+
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.progress import Progress
+
+from .console import console, logger
+from .loki import send_to_loki
+
+
+def main(command: str, loki_url: str):
+    process = subprocess.Popen(
+        command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True, shell=True
+    )
+
+    with process.stdout, Progress(console=console, transient=True) as progress:
+        task = progress.add_task('Running backup', total=1.0)
+        for line in iter(process.stdout.readline, ''):
+            data = json.loads(line)
+            if data['message_type'] == 'status':
+                progress.update(task, completed=data['percent_done'])
+        progress.update(task, completed=1.0, refresh=True)
+
+    logger.info(
+        f'[yellow]{data["snapshot_id"]}[/] done, with {data["files_new"]} new files, {data["files_changed"]} files changed. Added {data["data_added"] / 10**6:.1f} MB out of {data["total_bytes_processed"] / 10**6:.1f} MB'
+    )
+
+    send_to_loki(loki_url=loki_url, line=line, backup='summary')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import os
+
+    from rich.console import Console
+    from rich.logging import RichHandler
+
+    console = Console()
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level='DEBUG', format='%(message)s', handlers=[RichHandler(markup=True, console=console)]
+    )
+
+    cmd = f'restic backup {os.environ["BACKUP_DIR"]} --tag python-script --json'
+    main(cmd, 'http://192.168.1.107:3100/loki/api/v1/push')
diff --git a/src/restic/console.py b/src/restic/console.py
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+++ b/src/restic/console.py
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+import logging
+
+from rich.console import Console
+
+console = Console()
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('restic_parser')
diff --git a/src/restic/loki.py b/src/restic/loki.py
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+++ b/src/restic/loki.py
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+import os
+from time import time
+
+import requests
+
+from .console import logger
+
+
+def send_to_loki(loki_url: str, line: str, backup: str):
+    ns = round(time() * 1_000_000_000)
+
+    payload = {
+        'streams': [
+            {
+                'stream': {'host': os.environ['HOSTNAME'], 'backup': backup},
+                'values': [[str(ns), line]],
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+    try:
+        resp = requests.post(loki_url, json=payload, timeout=1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception(e)
+    else:
+        logger.info(f'Sent line to loki at {loki_url} {resp.text}')