Is borgbackup safe to use?

borgbackup has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.4.4). DepScope rates its health at 56/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of borgbackup?

The latest version of borgbackup is 1.4.4, released 2026-03-19.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of borgbackup.

No, borgbackup is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.4.4 (2026-03-19).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for borgbackup at this time.

borgbackup is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

homebrewv1.4.4

Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive1 versions1 maintainers7 deps86 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 56/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Dependencies (7)

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/borgbackup

Last updated · 2026-03-19T17:34:56Z