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BorgBackup
★ 12kDeduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption for space-efficient offsite backups.
BorgBackup does the job of CrashPlan, self-hosted. It is BSD-3-Clause-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. CrashPlan bills $10 for it. 12k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for CrashPlan.
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Self-hosting
- Medium
- The paid one costs
- $10
- GitHub stars
- 12k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have not written a verdict on CrashPlan yet, so this page says what BorgBackup is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.
BorgBackup questions
Is BorgBackup open source?
Yes — it is released under BSD-3-Clause.
Can I self-host BorgBackup?
Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.