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karanhudia/borg-ui has 1,683 GitHub stars and 62 forks. GitHot measured +2 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-07 03:22 UTC. Last push 2026-11-02.

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Replace complex Borg Backup terminal commands with a beautiful web UI. Create, schedule, and restore backups with just a few clicks.

What you can do

  • Dashboard for repository health, activity, schedules, and storage
  • Repository management for local, SSH, and SFTP destinations
  • Live backup progress, archive browsing, and restore workflows
  • Automated schedules, maintenance actions, and pre/post backup hooks

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README.md

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A modern web interface for Borg Backup
Run backups, browse archives, restore files, manage repositories, and automate schedules from one interface.

Highlights

  • Dashboard for repository health, activity, schedules, and storage
  • Repository management for local, SSH, and SFTP destinations
  • Live backup progress, archive browsing, and restore workflows
  • Automated schedules, maintenance actions, and pre/post backup hooks
  • Notifications through 100+ Apprise services
  • Remote machine management with SSH key deployment and storage visibility
  • Support for BorgBackup 1.x and BorgBackup 2 beta workflows
  • Multi-architecture containers for amd64, arm64, and armv7

Interface

Operations Overview

Track repository health, recent activity, storage, and day-to-day backup execution from the main product surfaces.

Borg UI dashboard Repository management

Backup and Restore Workflows

Monitor live backup progress, inspect archives, and work through restore flows without dropping to the CLI.

Live backup progress Archive browser

Automation and Integrations

Automate schedules, manage remote machines, and configure notifications for ongoing backup operations.

Backup schedule management Remote machines management Notification services

Getting Started

docker run -d \
  --name borg-web-ui \
  -p 8081:8081 \
  -v borg_data:/data \
  -v borg_cache:/home/borg/.cache/borg \
  -v /home/yourusername:/local:rw \
  ainullcode/borg-ui:latest

Access the app at http://localhost:8081 with admin / admin123.

No Docker? Install straight onto a Debian or Ubuntu host, whether that is bare metal, a VM, or an LXC container:

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/karanhudia/borg-ui/releases/latest/download/install.sh
curl -fsSL https://github.com/karanhudia/borg-ui/releases/latest/download/install.sh.sha256 | sha256sum -c - \
  && sudo bash install.sh

For setup details and the native install options, see the installation guide.

Documentation

Plans and pricing

Community is free forever and runs the whole backup workflow on as many installations as you like. Paid plans fund development and add fleet features. New installations that contact the activation service get a full-access period with every paid feature (currently 30 days); with ENABLE_STARTUP_LICENSE_SYNC=false they start on Community.

Support

Star History

Contributing

See the contributing guide and the development guide.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE.

Made with ❤️ by Karan Hudia

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