Your first backup in under 5 minutes
⏱ 5 minutesborg-anchor creates deduplicated, compressed backups and timestamps them on Bitcoin for proof of existence.
# Install BorgBackup
brew install borgbackup # macOS
sudo apt install borgbackup # Ubuntu/Debian
# Install borg-anchor
npm install -g borg-anchor# Back up the ~/Documents/ folder to ~/backups/
borg-anchor init ~/backups/
borg-anchor backup ~/Documents/ ~/backups/ --name my-backup --no-anchor# List your backups
borg-anchor list ~/backups/
# Restore to a new location
borg-anchor restore my-backup ~/restored/ ~/backups/🎉 You're done! You now have a working Borg backup. Files are deduplicated (same file stored once) and compressed automatically.
borg-anchor init created a repository at ~/backups/repo/ where all your backups are stored.
borg-anchor backup created an archive (a snapshot) of your Documents folder. If you run it again, only changed files are stored.
borg-anchor restore extracts your files exactly as they were when backed up.
# Create backups
borg-anchor backup ~/mydata ~/backups/
borg-anchor backup ~/mydata ~/backups/ --name daily-backup
# View backups
borg-anchor list ~/backups/
# Restore
borg-anchor restore my-backup ~/destination ~/backups/Deduplication: If you backup the same 1GB file 10 times, it only takes 1GB of space.
Compression: Data is automatically compressed. A 100GB backup might only use 30GB.
Speed: After the first backup, subsequent backups are extremely fast since only changes are stored.
Encryption: Add --encryption repokey when initializing for AES-256 encryption.
Install BorgBackup with your package manager: brew install borgbackup or sudo apt install borgbackup
Make sure you're in the backup directory or run borg-anchor init first.
Check the full getting started guide or visit GitHub.