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Vorta

Vorta is a backup program, available on macOS and Linux: incremental backups and deduplication.

  • Completely free
  • macOS and Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Vorta is a backup program, available on macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: incremental backups and deduplication.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A Desktop Backup Client for Borg Backup” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Encrypted, deduplicated and compressed backups using Borg as backend.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Vorta is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Vorta is a backup client for macOS and Linux desktops. It integrates the mighty BorgBackup with your desktop environment to protect your data from disk failure, ransomware and theft. Why is this great? Encrypted, deduplicated and compressed backups using Borg as backend. No vendor lock-in – back up to local drives, your own server or BorgBase, a hosting service for Borg backups. Open source – free to use, modify, improve and audit. Flexible profiles to group source folders, backup destinations and schedules. One place to view all point-in-time archives and restore individual files.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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