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BorgBackup vs restic: catalog facts
BorgBackup	restic
Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.	Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.
Linux, macOS, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Content-defined chunking that survives files being renamed, moved or shifted around Authenticated AES encryption, so an untrusted backup server only ever sees ciphertext	One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed
Primarily a Unix tool; on Windows it needs WSL or Cygwin rather than a native build Borg 2 is still in beta, ships breaking changes between betas and should not hold production backups	Command line only; any graphical interface or scheduling comes from third-party projects Still pre-1.0, so the project does not yet guarantee backward compatibility across major versions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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