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PlakarBorgBackup
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

Free and open source, with no paid edition.

Linux, Self-hosted, Command line Linux, macOS, Command line
  • Encrypted, deduplicated snapshots
  • Web interface for browsing and restoring backups
  • Content-defined chunking that survives files being renamed, moved or shifted around
  • Authenticated AES encryption, so an untrusted backup server only ever sees ciphertext
  • Command-line oriented setup
  • Younger project than established tools like restic or Borg
  • 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
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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