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Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

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Dominant language: Python
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Last GitHub push: Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
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Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue

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179 open issues indexed

borg create (1.2.4) hangs on random files, no more activity nor IO, then get disconnected from remote. No issue when using rsync or netcat Open

cmd: create

borgbackup/borg#7724 · 13 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Ctrl-C does not interrupt borg check Open

bug cmd: check documentation

borgbackup/borg#7893 · 12 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
add a prometheus-text-file-exporter parameter Open

monitoring

borgbackup/borg#7911 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Progress of `Remote: checking segment file /whatever/data/17/17078...` Open

cmd: check enhancement question

borgbackup/borg#8009 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Possibility to run borg check for specific segment(s) Open

cmd: check question

borgbackup/borg#8070 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Canonical path: resolve symbolic links? Open

borgbackup/borg#8188 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Docs suggestion: pydantic models for borg's JSON output Open

c: json api documentation

borgbackup/borg#8338 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: encrypt lock files? Open

security

borgbackup/borg#8386 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: check [--repair] improvements Open

c: index or hashtable cmd: check

borgbackup/borg#8466 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: avoid doing an unnecessary rebuild of the index Open

c: index or hashtable cmd: check cmd: compact

borgbackup/borg#8476 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: check --verify-data --find-lost-archives can be made faster Open

cmd: check

borgbackup/borg#8478 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Borg2 complains about extended attributes, when importing Solaris TAR archives Open

cmd: tar

borgbackup/borg#8479 · 14 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: consider dropping --exclude and --exclude-from Open

cmd: create patterns

borgbackup/borg#8539 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg create: try to speed up unchanged file processing Open

cmd: create

borgbackup/borg#8552 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Separate message into its components in --log-json Open

c: json api

borgbackup/borg#8555 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg 1.x: add length limit to archivename_validator? Open

borgbackup/borg#8594 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Prune: Keep x per day / week / month, no matter how many in total Open

cmd: prune

borgbackup/borg#8637 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
review "assert" usage Open

bug help wanted security

borgbackup/borg#8649 · 18 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: Consider dropping fm: pattern type Open

patterns

borgbackup/borg#8659 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Borg continues even if cache partition fills up Open

borgbackup/borg#8666 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Print `borg create --list --dry-run` to STDOUT to allow combination with `--paths-from-stdin` Open

cmd: create

borgbackup/borg#8710 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: Add `date:` archive pattern Open

patterns

borgbackup/borg#8715 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`borg extract` should retry failed files (up to X times) instead of failing the entire job Open

cmd: extract

borgbackup/borg#8926 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Make it easier to figure out why borg terminated with warning status Open

question

borgbackup/borg#8954 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Consider deprecating `init -e none` now and removing it with Borg 2 Open

cmd: init / repo-create

borgbackup/borg#9104 · 21 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
ACLs on FreeBSD: use ACL_TEXT_NUMERIC_IDS for better speed Open

cmd: create filesystem help wanted os: bsd

borgbackup/borg#9144 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add `benchmark crud-modes` Open

borgbackup/borg#9167 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
birthtime support on Linux Open

filesystem

borgbackup/borg#9251 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
create separate project for chunkers Open

c: chunker

borgbackup/borg#9280 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
update black Open

later

borgbackup/borg#9362 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add progress indicator to repository check loop Open

cmd: check

borgbackup/borg#9443 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Google Summer of Code 2026 Open

community

borgbackup/borg#9445 · 17 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
--cockpit needs to use json Open

c: json api cockpit

borgbackup/borg#9454 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Structured per-item event reporting for `borg create` (JSON / observability layer) Open

c: json api cmd: create cockpit

borgbackup/borg#9528 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
structlog? Open

c: json api

borgbackup/borg#9529 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add targeted “Common fixes” hints for specific mistaken borg command lines Open

borgbackup/borg#9545 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Support FS-specific attributes / flags Open

filesystem

borgbackup/borg#9549 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Separate Borg 1.x legacy code into borg.legacy package Open

borgbackup/borg#9556 · 11 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
What's the true `--pattern` equivalent of `--exclude` Open

patterns question

borgbackup/borg#9654 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
parseformat.Location parsing / validation Open

borgbackup/borg#9678 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: improve borg check Open

cmd: check

borgbackup/borg#9696 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: Re-add UNIX socket communication Open

borgbackup/borg#9764 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: Rename `rest:` URI scheme to `ssh:` Open

borgbackup/borg#9765 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: Make `serve --rest` the default, move legacy support to a `--legacy` option Open

borgbackup/borg#9766 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borgbackup - how to automate on a modern MacOS Open

documentation os: macOS question

borgbackup/borg#9786 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
try to backport retries for failed files Open

cmd: create

borgbackup/borg#9805 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: compact always invalidates the whole index cache of clients Open

cmd: compact

borgbackup/borg#9817 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: use less memory for the index Open

c: index or hashtable cmd: create cmd: extract

borgbackup/borg#9818 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: index/* should be encrypted Open

c: index or hashtable security

borgbackup/borg#9819 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
borg2: improve dealing with repo corruption Open

cmd: check documentation question

borgbackup/borg#9825 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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