# BorgBackup Deduplicating Encrypted Backup Program > BorgBackup (Borg) is a deduplicating backup program with optional compression and authenticated encryption. It uses content-defined chunking for space-efficient daily backups, making it ideal for automating secure incremental backups to local or remote SSH targets. - Skill: `agentskillexchange/borgbackup-deduplicating-encrypted-backup-program` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/borgbackup-deduplicating-encrypted-backup-program` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/borgbackup-deduplicating-encrypted-backup-program/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange) - Updated: 2026-09-08 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/borgbackup-deduplicating-encrypted-backup-program --- # BorgBackup Deduplicating Encrypted Backup Program BorgBackup (Borg) is a deduplicating backup program with optional compression and authenticated encryption. It uses content-defined chunking for space-efficient daily backups, making it ideal for automating secure incremental backups to local or remote SSH targets. ## Installation Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment: - make fingerprinting attacks more difficult. Requirements and caveats from upstream: - We offer single-file binaries that do not require installing anything - - Mailing list _ Basic usage or getting-started notes: - you can just run them on these platforms: - :alt: BorgBackup Basic Usage - .. _advanced usage: https://asciinema.org/a/133293?autoplay=1&speed=1 - Source: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/borgbackup/borg/HEAD/README.rst ## Source - [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/borgbackup-deduplicating-encrypted-backup/)