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BorgBackup

@borgbackup@fosstodon.org
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Deduplicating archiver
with compression and encryption
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Joined July 04, 2023
Homepage:
https://borgbackup.org/
GitHub:
https://github.com/borgbackup

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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Apr 02, 2026
April 1st is now globally over - relax!

AI won't decide about what's in your backups.
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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Apr 01, 2026
@frank Good idea, guess we need an option for that.

Some users may want more, some less!
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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Apr 01, 2026
New features coming to borg 1.4. soon!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9555
Raise performance and lower storage needs! · borgbackup/borg · Discussion #9555
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Raise performance and lower storage needs! · borgbackup/borg · Discussion #9555

The problem Backups and restores tend to be rather slow, especially when there are a lot of files. Borg tries to speed things up using deduplication and unchanged file detection, but if there are m...

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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Mar 31, 2026
Today is #WorldBackupDay - a good day to:
- start using borg backup
- upgrade to borg 1.4.4
- actually test a restore
- play with the latest borg2 beta
- contribute to borg development
- donate to the borg project
- give borgbackup a star on github
- update the borg packages, if you maintain some
- contribute to some project borg backup depends on
- contribute to some project that uses borg backup
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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Mar 19, 2026
borgbackup 1.4.4 was just released!

Some important fixes, a few small new features, check the change log please!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.4

#borgbackup #backup #linux #macos #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd
Release Release 1.4.4 · borgbackup/borg
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Release Release 1.4.4 · borgbackup/borg

borgbackup 1.4.4 borg 1.4.x is kind of a refreshed 1.2 with mostly the same features and behavior, but a few bigger changes that could introduce issues and thus were not suitable for just releasing...

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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Mar 17, 2026
Congrats to rolandrc on github - he just discovered and fixed an ancient memory leak in borgbackup's C code.

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/9497
Memory leak in hashindex_free_buckets if the index was read from file · Issue #9497 · borgbackup/borg
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Memory leak in hashindex_free_buckets if the index was read from file · Issue #9497 · borgbackup/bor

The relevant code: borg/src/borg/_hashindex.c Lines 128 to 139 in 1fbbbe3 static void hashindex_free_buckets(HashIndex *index) { #ifndef BORG_NO_PYTHON if(index->buckets_buffer.buf) { PyBuffer_Rele...

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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Mar 15, 2026
borgbackup 2.0.0 beta 21 was just released!

Please help testing!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b21

#borgbackup #linux #macos #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #omniOS #haikuOS #windows #backup
Release Release 2.0.0b21, beta quality, for testing only · borgbackup/borg
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Release Release 2.0.0b21, beta quality, for testing only · borgbackup/borg

borgbackup 2.0.0b21 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories. Long changelog: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b21/changes.html#version-2-0-0b21-2026-03-16 If you u...

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@borgbackup@fosstodon.org · Mar 06, 2026
BorgBackup and Google Summer of Code 2026:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/9445

#gsoc2026
Google Summer of Code 2026 · Issue #9445 · borgbackup/borg
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Google Summer of Code 2026 · Issue #9445 · borgbackup/borg

Ideas Page: https://github.com/borgbase/vorta/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2026-Ideas Mentors: We need more mentors for the borgbackup tasks (see ideas page). I personally can do backup mentoring, bu...

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