BorgBackup vs Kopia
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted backup & recovery options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare BorgBackup with
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Compare Kopia with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy CKAN pgBackRest bitmagnet Timeshift WAL-G Docker Volume Backup Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Barman mydumper Rustic Back In Time pgBackWeb SnapRAID Vorta Open Archiver Wayback btrbk mail-archiver Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic BackupPC MySQL backup XtraBackup Restic REST Server Gickup Stash by AppsCode Restic alt MiniBackup Restic Browser rdiff-backup Bareos ElkarBackup alt Snapper zrepl K8up Ganymede Bupstash UrBackup Kanister linux-timemachine ZFS Autobackup MySQL Backup Container Restic Cron ZnapZend Restic Mailer BorgWarehouse Deja Dup Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Knoxite ArchivesSpace ElkarBackup Collective Access - Providence Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Duplicity Conserve Backup Backblaze alt nono Nxs-backup Amanda Tarsnap GUI Minarca Backup DAR Obnam2 Rdiffweb Restic Exporter Kup Minarca BackupNinja Time Machine Eonvelope Yuno Archive Custom Backup Sosse HashBackup
Feature BorgBackup Kopia Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License BSD-3-Clause Apache-2.0 Language Python Go Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment binary, bare-metal binary, docker GitHub stars ★ 13,588 ★ 13,798 First released 2015 2019 Replaces Carbonite, Backblaze Backblaze, Carbonite
Why pick each one
Choose BorgBackup if… Excellent space efficiency Strong security Battle-tested BorgBackup details Choose Kopia if… GUI and CLI both available Fast and efficient Modern design Kopia details
Frequently asked questions Is BorgBackup or Kopia better? Kopia is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider BorgBackup if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are BorgBackup and Kopia free and open-source? Yes. BorgBackup is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Kopia under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run BorgBackup and Kopia with Docker? BorgBackup: check the project docs for container support. Kopia: yes.