Command-line tool

borgbackup

brew/borgbackup

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Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install borgbackup

macOS

brew install borgbackup
pipx install borgbackup

Linux

brew install borgbackup
pipx install borgbackup

Initialize a repository

borg init -e repokey path/to/repo_directory

Back up a directory into the repository, creating an archive called "Monday"

borg create --progress path/to/repo_directory::Monday path/to/source_directory

List all archives in a repository

borg list path/to/repo_directory

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