BorgBackup Alternatives

BorgBackup is described as '(short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption' and is a popular Backup Client in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to BorgBackup for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best BorgBackup alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BorgBackup are Restic, TimeShift, Kopia and Acronis True Image.

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BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.

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BorgBackup alternatives page was last updated Apr 17, 2025
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  1. Duplicity icon

    Duplicity

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    Duplicity is a software suite that provides encrypted, digitally signed, versioned, remote backup of files requiring little of the remote server.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Duplicity screenshot 1

    Duplicity Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Encrypted Backup
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Data deduplication
    5.  WebDAV Support

    Duplicity VS BorgBackup

     
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    Rustic

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    Rustic is a backup tool that provides fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups written in Rust. It reads and writes the restic repo format described in the design document and can be used as a restic replacement in most cases.

    55 Rustic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Rustic screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  File Versioning
    6.  Portable
    7.  Rust
    8.  Data Compression

    Rustic VS BorgBackup

     
  4. Proxmox Backup Server icon

    Proxmox Backup Server

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    Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts. By supporting incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup Server significantly reduces network load and saves valuable storage space.

    41 Proxmox Backup Server alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Debian
    Proxmox Backup Server screenshot 1

    Proxmox Backup Server Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Automatic Backup

    Proxmox Backup Server VS BorgBackup

     

    • Proxmox Backup Server is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BorgBackup.

    • Proxmox Backup Server is Freemium and Open SourceBorgBackup is Free and Open Source
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    Back In Time

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    Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "FlyBack project".

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Back In Time screenshot 1

    Back In Time Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Time-machine

    Back In Time VS BorgBackup

     
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    Veeam Agent

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    Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux work with Veeam Availability Suite to deliver Availability for ALL workloads — virtual, physical and cloud — from a single management console, extending Veeam’s leadership position from being the best for VMware vSphere...

    45 Veeam Agent alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Veeam Agent Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Barmetal backup

    Veeam Agent VS BorgBackup

     

  8. Bupstash

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    Bupstash is a tool for encrypted backups - if you need secure backups, Bupstash is the tool for you.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Bupstash VS BorgBackup

     
  10. BorgWarehouse icon

    BorgWarehouse

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    A fast and modern WebUI for a BorgBackup's central repository server.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    BorgWarehouse screenshot 1

    BorgWarehouse Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Differential Backup

    BorgWarehouse VS BorgBackup

     
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    BURP

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    Burp is a network backup and restore program. It uses librsync in order to save network traffic and to save on the amount of space that is used by each backup. It also uses VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to make snapshots when backing up Windows computers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    BURP VS BorgBackup

     
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    rdiff-backup

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    rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    rdiff-backup Features

    1.  File-system view

    rdiff-backup VS BorgBackup

     

  13. Restic Robot

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    Restic Robot is a small and simple wrapper application for Restic.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Restic Robot VS BorgBackup

     
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