BorgBackup

See the changelog for what changed in this release.

Installation

pip install borgbackup==2.0.0b24, or use one of the standalone binaries below - they contain everything they need and just have to be made executable.

For each platform there is a single-file binary (borg-*-gh, .exe on Windows) and, as a .tgz, the same thing as a directory (borg-dir/borg.exe), which starts up faster.

The macOS binaries are built without FUSE support, so borg mount does not work with them; install via pip instead if you need FUSE support.

All release assets have a build provenance attestation, verifiable with gh attestation verify --owner borgbackup <file>.

Every attestation is additionally attached as a sigstore bundle <asset>.sigstore.jsonl, so it can be verified offline and without a GitHub token, e.g. with cosign:

cosign verify-blob borgbackup-2.0.0b24.tar.gz \
  --bundle borgbackup-2.0.0b24.tar.gz.sigstore.jsonl \
  --certificate-identity https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/2.0.0b24 \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com

The binaries are built by ci.yml, not by release.yml, so their --certificate-identity is https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/.github/workflows/ci.yml@refs/tags/2.0.0b24.

borgbackup 2.0.0b23 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Big changes, please help practically testing them!

Long changelog: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b23/changes.html#version-2-0-0b23-2026-08-23

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b23"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b23/

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/10187

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 them as 1.2.x, but rather needed some testing first.

Long changelog:

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.4/changes.html#version-1-4-4-2026-03-19

Short borg 1.4 overview (from a borg 1.2 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.4.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==1.4.4"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9514

Note:

• *-gh binaries are built on GitHub now. These Linux and FreeBSD binaries do support borg mount(FUSE filesystem), but the macOS binaries don't (use our brew tap!).
• if you run on or package for a big endian architecture (most nowadays are little endian), check issue #9521.

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 use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b21"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b21/

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9483

borgbackup 2.0.0b20 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Long changelog: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b20/changes.html#version-2-0-0b20-2025-12-24

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b20"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b20/

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9237

borgbackup 1.4.3

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 them as 1.2.x, but rather needed some testing first.

Long changelog:

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.3/changes.html#version-1-4-3-2025-12-02

Short borg 1.4 overview (from a borg 1.2 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.4.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==1.4.3"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9206

Note:

• *-gh binaries are built on GitHub now. These Linux and FreeBSD binaries do support borg mount(FUSE filesystem), but the macOS binaries don't (use our brew tap!).
• I built and signed the borg-linux-glibc231-x86_64* binaries locally.

borgbackup 1.4.2

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 them as 1.2.x, but rather needed some testing first.

Long changelog:

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.2/changes.html#version-1-4-2-2025-10-31

Short borg 1.4 overview (from a borg 1.2 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.4.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==1.4.2"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9120

Note:

• *-gh binaries are built on GitHub now.
• *-gh binaries do not support borg mount(FUSE filesystem) due to a missing library. workaround: use the non-gh binary or borg 1.4.3 or 1.4.1.
• I built and signed the borg-linux-glibc231-x86_64* binaries locally.
• I built and signed the borg-freebsd-14-x86_64* binaries locally.

borgbackup 1.2.9 release

This is likely the final 1.2.x release, please migrate to using 1.4.x (it is quite similar).

If you are upgrading from borg < 1.2.5, please read and follow:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/1.2.9/docs/changes.rst#pre-125-archives-spoofing-vulnerability-cve-2023-36811

Long changelog:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/1.2.9/docs/changes.rst#version-129-2025-08-04

Short borg 1.2 overview (from a borg 1.1 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.2.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install pkgconfig ; pip install "borgbackup==1.2.9"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Notes:

• no binary built on debian buster, use the stretch one if you need an old one.
• no freebsd binary, build machine is broken.

borgbackup 2.0.0b19 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Long changelog: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b19/changes.html#version-2-0-0b19-2025-07-02

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b19"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b19/

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/8973

Notes:

• The macOS Intel binaries will come later.
• Give feedback if you find the linux32 (32bit intel/amd) binary useful.
• The release notes erroneously state 2025-07-02 as release date, but it actually was 2025-08-02.