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BorgBackup vs Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone

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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BO BorgBackup Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption VS BA Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Cross-platform backup tool with deduplication and encryption
FeatureBorgBackupBackblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone
Deploy effortRead-the-docs projectRead-the-docs project
CategoryBackup & RecoveryBackup & Recovery
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseGPL-3.0
LanguagePythonRust
Setup difficultyMediumEasy
Min. RAM256 MB256 MB
Deploymentbinary, bare-metalbinary
GitHub stars★ 13,762★ 500
First released20152020
ReplacesCarbonite, BackblazeTime Machine, Backblaze

What are BorgBackup and Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone?

BorgBackup

BorgBackup is a deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption for efficient, secure archives. It targets technical users backing up to local or remote storage. It is deployed as a binary or package.

  • Deduplication and compression
  • Authenticated encryption
  • Append-only repos for ransomware safety
  • Efficient remote backups over SSH

Read the full BorgBackup guide →

Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone

Pika Backup is a simple desktop backup application for GNOME built on BorgBackup. It focuses on protecting personal data with encrypted, deduplicated, and compressed backups.

  • GNOME desktop backup app
  • Encrypted Borg archives
  • Simple scheduling

BorgBackup vs Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone: key differences

BorgBackup is written in Python, while Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone is built with Rust. Licensing differs — BSD-3-Clause for BorgBackup versus GPL-3.0 for Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone. BorgBackup is the more established project (first released 2015), while Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone arrived in 2020. BorgBackup has the considerably larger community, at 13,762 GitHub stars versus 500.

Why pick each one

Choose BorgBackup if…

  • Excellent space efficiency
  • Strong security
  • Battle-tested

Watch out for

  • Command-line oriented
  • Repo not directly mountable everywhere
BorgBackup details

Choose Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone if…

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Written in Rust
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone details

Frequently asked questions

Is BorgBackup or Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone better?

Neither is universally better. BorgBackup has the larger community, while Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are BorgBackup and Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone free and open-source?

Yes. BorgBackup is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run BorgBackup and Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone with Docker?

BorgBackup: check the project docs for container support. Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone: check the project docs for container support.

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