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v1.7.2 · signed · notarized SwiftUI native macOS 14+ Free · MIT

Borg backup, the Mac way.

A native macOS client for Borg backup. Browse archives, run maintenance, track stats across every backend you use — Local, SSH, BorgBase, or self-hosted borgbox.

Download for macOS See what's inside

$ brew install --cask prietus/tap/borgmac

Universal binary (Apple silicon & Intel) · Free and open source, MIT · Source on GitHub

borgmac main window showing a list of backup archives
SwiftUI macOS 14+ Universal binary Borg 1.4 compatible BorgBase API borgbox HTTP API Developer ID signed Notarized + stapled Keychain-backed secrets Offline-first

The walkthrough

Every screen designed for borg power users.

Scroll through the surfaces that turn borg from a CLI you tolerate into a Mac app you actually open.

Cross-backend stats

Every repo, on one screen.

Point-in-time overview of every repository across Local, SSH, BorgBase and borgbox. Original size, compressed size, dedup ratio, schedule health — all in one place.

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borgmac stats dashboard with usage and compression across every backend

Server detail

See the host, not just the repo.

For borgbox backends: hostname, uptime, load, storage headroom, active sessions and live maintenance jobs streaming from the daemon. Like a tiny ops console for your backups.

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borgmac server detail panel for a borgbox-managed host

Archive browser

Walk into any archive.

Finder-style tree for any archive on any backend. Restore individual files, analyse space, or mount the whole archive read-only over FUSE — without leaving the window.

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borgmac archive browser with a Finder-style file tree

Maintenance

Check, prune, compact — from the UI.

Run every borg maintenance command without opening a terminal. Live log streaming, exit codes, status badges. The terminal is still there if you want it — but you almost never need it.

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borgmac maintenance panel with check, prune and compact running

New repo

Any provider, one sheet.

Create a repository locally, on SSH, on BorgBase, or on a borgbox-managed server. Or import an existing one with a single click. Same form, same fields, same Mac feel.

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borgmac new repo sheet with provider picker

Right-click anything

The Mac menu you’d expect.

Right-click any archive to browse, analyse space, restore or mount. Right-click any repo to check, prune, compact or break-lock. Every action is one gesture away.

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borgmac right-click menu showing archive actions

Under the hood

It's still borg. All of it.

borgmac doesn't reimplement anything. Every action you take in the UI fires the exact borg command you'd run by hand — with the exact same output, exit codes, and guarantees. We just made it nicer to watch.

  • borg list, borg info, borg check, borg compact — all streaming live.
  • Exit codes you can trust. No wrappers swallowing errors.
  • Same repos, same passphrases, same SSH keys. Open a Terminal whenever you want — nothing breaks.
borg — teraflops@hive — 100×28

What's inside

A full-featured borg workstation, not just a list view.

Everything the borg CLI does, plus the things it doesn't: a proper archive browser, live job logs, cross-backend stats, and a sidebar that remembers where your data lives.

  • Native, not Electron

    Built entirely in SwiftUI for macOS 14+. Universal binary for Apple silicon and Intel, Developer ID signed, notarized and stapled. Feels like a Mac app because it is one.

  • Every backend you use

    Local folders, SSH, BorgBase SaaS, or self-hosted borgbox. One sidebar, one archive browser, one consistent UI.

  • Browse. Restore. Mount.

    Walk inside any archive with a Finder-like view. Restore files, analyse what takes space, or mount the archive read-only over FUSE.

  • Maintenance without terminal

    Run check, prune and compact jobs from the UI, follow the live log, and track exit codes. No SSH, no tmux, no babysitting.

  • Stats you can act on

    A dashboard summarising every repository: original vs deduplicated size, compression ratio, provider breakdown, and schedule health.

  • borgbox integration (optional)

    Self-hosting? borgbox pairs borgmac with a tiny HTTP daemon so you can create, import and monitor server-side repos from inside the app.

Optional add-on

Self-host your own borg server with borgbox.

borgbox is a tiny Go HTTP daemon that runs on any Linux box next to your borg repositories. Pair it with borgmac and you get a two-way, GUI-driven workflow: create repos remotely, stream maintenance job logs in real time, import existing directories with a click.

Totally optional. borgmac works just fine without it — borgbox is there for the people who want a real admin panel instead of SSH.

prietus/borgbox Latest release 
# one-shot install on any Linux box
$ curl -fsSL https://github.com/prietus/borgbox/\
    releases/latest/download/install.sh | sudo bash

# borgmac sees it over HTTP; no ssh copy-pasting
$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    http://hive:9999/api/v1/repos
[
  {
    "name": "mac",
    "ssh_url": "ssh://borg@hive/srv/borg/repos/mac",
    "registered": true,
    "initialized": true
  }
]

Ready to go

Get borgmac for macOS.

Universal build for Apple silicon and Intel. Signed with Developer ID, notarized and stapled. Free and open source under the MIT license.

$ brew install --cask prietus/tap/borgmac

Homebrew installs the app and keeps it updated with brew upgrade. Or grab the zip and drag it into Applications:

Download BorgMac 1.7.2 (.zip) Universal · macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Version
1.7.2
Architecture
Universal
Signed
Developer ID
Notarized
Yes, stapled
License
MIT