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  1. .. include:: global.rst.inc
  2. Welcome to Borg
  3. ================
  4. |project_name| is a deduplicating and compressing backup program.
  5. Optionally, it also supports authenticated encryption.
  6. The main goal of |project_name| is to provide an efficient and secure way
  7. to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes |project_name|
  8. suitable for daily backups since only the changes are stored. The authenticated
  9. encryption makes it suitable for backups to not fully trusted targets.
  10. |project_name| is written in Python (with a little bit of Cython and C for
  11. the speed critical parts).
  12. Easy to use
  13. -----------
  14. Initialize a new backup :ref:`repository <repository_def>` and create your
  15. first backup :ref:`archive <archive_def>` in two lines::
  16. $ borg init /mnt/backup
  17. $ borg create /mnt/backup::Monday ~/Documents
  18. $ borg create --stats /mnt/backup::Tuesday ~/Documents
  19. Archive name: Tuesday
  20. Archive fingerprint: 387a5e3f9b0e792e91ce87134b0f4bfe17677d9248cb5337f3fbf3a8e157942a
  21. Start time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
  22. End time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
  23. Duration: 0.08 seconds
  24. Number of files: 358
  25. Original size Compressed size Deduplicated size
  26. This archive: 57.16 MB 46.78 MB 151.67 kB
  27. All archives: 114.02 MB 93.46 MB 44.81 MB
  28. See the :ref:`quickstart` chapter for a more detailed example.
  29. Easy installation
  30. -----------------
  31. You can use pip to install |project_name| quickly and easily::
  32. $ pip3 install borgbackup
  33. Need more help with installing? See :ref:`installation`.
  34. User's Guide
  35. ============
  36. .. toctree::
  37. :maxdepth: 2
  38. foreword
  39. installation
  40. quickstart
  41. usage
  42. faq
  43. internals
  44. Getting help
  45. ============
  46. If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request, please create a new
  47. ticket on the project's `issue tracker`_ (after checking whether someone else
  48. already has reported the same thing).
  49. For more general questions or discussions, IRC or mailing list are preferred.
  50. IRC
  51. ---
  52. Join us on channel ##borgbackup on chat.freenode.net. As usual on IRC, just
  53. ask or tell directly and then patiently wait for replies. Stay connected.
  54. Mailing list
  55. ------------
  56. There is a mailing list for Borg on librelist_ that you can use for feature
  57. requests and general discussions about Borg. A mailing list archive is
  58. available `here <http://librelist.com/browser/borgbackup/>`_.
  59. To subscribe to the list, send an email to borgbackup@librelist.com and reply
  60. to the confirmation mail. Likewise, to unsubscribe, send an email to
  61. borgbackup-unsubscribe@librelist.com and reply to the confirmation mail.