Restic vs Borg vs Kopia 2026: Choosing the Right Linux Backup Tool
Restic, BorgBackup, and Kopia are the three serious open-source choices for Linux backups in 2026. They overlap heavily but differ in deduplication strategy, repository format, cloud support, and operational ergonomics. This honest comparison covers real benchmarks for backup speed and restore performance, the encryption story, the cloud-storage story, and which tool fits which workload — so you can pick once and stop second-guessing....
