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Vorta vs KBackup: catalog facts
Vorta	KBackup
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. BorgBase, the optional hosting service from the…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
macOS, Linux	Linux
Turns Borg's encrypted deduplicated backups into a normal desktop app Browse any past archive and restore individual files	Profile files define included and excluded folders and files Backs up to local drives or any remote URL
macOS and Linux only, because Borg does not support Windows You still need to understand Borg repositories when something goes wrong	Linux only Plain tar archives rather than deduplicated or encrypted snapshots
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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