# BorgBackup changelog

> Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption.

- Vendor: Borg Collective
- Category: Developer Tools
- Official site: https://www.borgbackup.org
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup)
- Harvested from: GitHub (borgbackup/borg)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### 2.0.0b22 — Release 2.0.0b22

- Date: 2026-07-22
- Version: 2.0.0b22
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b22
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/2.0.0b22
- Labels: Pre-release

- **added** — Introduce PACKS, a new feature for organizing backup data
- **changed** — This is the first release with PACKS functionality, representing a major architectural change

borgbackup 2.0.0b22 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Big changes, this is the first release with PACKS! So, despite the "beta" release number, rather expect alpha quality / stability.

Read the full story about packs there: https://mrraj.dev/borg

Long changelog:
https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b22/changes.html#version-2-0-0b22-2026-07-22

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b22"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b22/

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/9926

### 1.4.5 — Release 1.4.5

- Date: 2026-07-18
- Version: 1.4.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/1.4.5

- **security** — Fixed a low-severity security issue
- **added** — Added new features
- **fixed** — Fixed various bugs

##### borgbackup 1.4.5

Some fixes (including a low-severity security fix), some new features and other updates.

Long changelog:
 
https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.5/changes.html#version-1-4-5-2026-07-19

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==1.4.5"

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/9915

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!).

### 1.4.4 — Release 1.4.4

- Date: 2026-03-19
- Version: 1.4.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/1.4.4

##### 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.

### 2.0.0b21 — Release 2.0.0b21, beta quality, for testing only

- Date: 2026-03-15
- Version: 2.0.0b21
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b21
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/2.0.0b21
- Labels: Pre-release

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

### 2.0.0b20 — Release 2.0.0b20, beta quality, for testing only

- Date: 2025-12-24
- Version: 2.0.0b20
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b20
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/2.0.0b20
- Labels: Pre-release

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

### 1.4.3 — Release 1.4.3

- Date: 2025-12-02
- Version: 1.4.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/1.4.3

##### 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.

### 1.4.2 — Release 1.4.2

- Date: 2025-10-31
- Version: 1.4.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/1.4.2

##### 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.

### 1.2.9 — Release 1.2.9

- Date: 2025-08-05
- Version: 1.2.9
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.2.9
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/1.2.9

##### 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.

### 2.0.0b19 — Release 2.0.0b19, beta quality, for testing only

- Date: 2025-08-02
- Version: 2.0.0b19
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b19
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/2.0.0b19
- Labels: Pre-release

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.

### 2.0.0b18 — Release 2.0.0b18, beta quality, for testing only

- Date: 2025-06-19
- Version: 2.0.0b18
- Original notes: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b18
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/borgbackup/releases/2.0.0b18
- Labels: Pre-release

DO NOT USE! b18 has a serious corruption issue in `borg create`.

borgbackup 2.0.0b18 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Long changelog:
https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b18/changes.html#version-2-0-0b18-2025-06-19

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b18"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b18/

Discussion: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/8932

Notes:
- Give feedback if you find the linux32 (32bit intel/amd) binary useful.