Summary
If you’ve chosen Borg Backup as your preferred backup software but found it hard going mastering its scripting, give borgmatic a whirl. It’s a good time-saver although triggering automatic scheduling requires a fair bit of troubleshooting.
borgmatic retains a lot of the flexibility of Borg Backup unlike the GUI frontends Vorta and Pika Backup where customization is sacrificed for ease-of-use.
Website: torsion.org/borgmatic
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Dan Helfman and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
This software is evaluated using Toshiba Enterprise HDDs and NAS devices from Asustor and Synology.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Summary
Related Software
| Front-Ends to Borg Backup | |
|---|---|
| Vorta | Qt-based backup client |
| borgmatic | Simple command-line configuration-driven backup software |
| Pika Backup | GNOME app focused on backups of personal data |
| Emborg | Simple command line utility to orchestrate backups |
| BorgWarehouse | Fast and modern WebUI for BorgBackup |
| Borg UI | Modern web-based interface for BorgBackup |
| Borgitory | Web UI for managing BorgBackup |
| BorgTUI | TUI and CLI to automate BorgBacku |
| snapborg | Synchronizes snapper snapshots to a borg repository |
| Borg Backup Server | GUI Manager for Multiple Borg Endpoints |
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