Release notes from borg

1.4.4rc1

2026-02-14T14:20:48Z

just for testing

Release 2.0.0b20, beta quality, for testing only

2025-12-24T01:27:19Z

borgbackup 2.0.0b20 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Long changelog:
https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b20/changes.html#version-2-0-0b20-2025-12-24

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b20"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b20/

Discussion: #9237

Release 1.4.3

2025-12-02T08:37:11Z

borgbackup 1.4.3

borg 1.4.x is kind of a refreshed 1.2 with mostly the same features and behavior, but a few bigger changes that could introduce issues and thus were not suitable for just releasing them as 1.2.x, but rather needed some testing first.

Long changelog:

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.3/changes.html#version-1-4-3-2025-12-02

Short borg 1.4 overview (from a borg 1.2 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.4.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==1.4.3"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Discussion: #9206

Note:

*-gh binaries are built on GitHub now. These Linux and FreeBSD binaries do support borg mount(FUSE filesystem), but the macOS binaries don't (use our brew tap!).
I built and signed the borg-linux-glibc231-x86_64* binaries locally.

Release 1.4.2

2025-12-02T08:30:23Z

borgbackup 1.4.2

Long changelog:

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.2/changes.html#version-1-4-2-2025-10-31

Short borg 1.4 overview (from a borg 1.2 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.4.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==1.4.2"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Discussion: #9120

Note:

*-gh binaries are built on GitHub now.
*-gh binaries do not support borg mount(FUSE filesystem) due to a missing library. workaround: use the non-gh binary or borg 1.4.3 or 1.4.1.
I built and signed the borg-linux-glibc231-x86_64* binaries locally.
I built and signed the borg-freebsd-14-x86_64* binaries locally.

Release 1.2.9

2025-08-05T01:22:07Z

borgbackup 1.2.9 release

This is likely the final 1.2.x release, please migrate to using 1.4.x (it is quite similar).

If you are upgrading from borg < 1.2.5, please read and follow:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/1.2.9/docs/changes.rst#pre-125-archives-spoofing-vulnerability-cve-2023-36811

Long changelog:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/1.2.9/docs/changes.rst#version-129-2025-08-04

Short borg 1.2 overview (from a borg 1.1 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.2.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install pkgconfig ; pip install "borgbackup==1.2.9"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Notes:

no binary built on debian buster, use the stretch one if you need an old one.
no freebsd binary, build machine is broken.

Release 2.0.0b19, beta quality, for testing only

2025-08-02T12:36:56Z

borgbackup 2.0.0b19 beta release - do not use this on production backup repositories.

Long changelog:
https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b19/changes.html#version-2-0-0b19-2025-07-02

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==2.0.0b19"

Docs: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0b19/

Discussion: #8973

Notes:

The macOS Intel binaries will come later.
Give feedback if you find the linux32 (32bit intel/amd) binary useful.
The release notes erroneously state 2025-07-02 as release date, but it actually was 2025-08-02.