Why Borg/Borgmatic?

Borg Backup is a proven, deduplicating backup engine with encryption, compression, fast incrementals, and reliable retention (pruning). Borgmatic builds on top of Borg and turns “a set of powerful CLI commands” into a repeatable backup system with configuration, schedules, and hooks. Borgmatic UI adds the missing part: a modern, practical web interface that makes professional backups manageable for teams and for real infrastructure.

What Borgmatic UI is (in one sentence)

Borgmatic UI is the control center for your backups: configure jobs with a wizard, monitor runs and logs, browse archives, and restore confidently — without living in YAML and terminal windows.

Real-world use cases (what people actually back up)

Files & folders (servers, VMs, NAS mounts, containers)

• Back up application data, configuration folders, user shares, uploads, and “everything under /srv“.
• Store backups on local disks, SSH repositories, or remote storage via Rclone/S3-compatible endpoints (depending on your repository setup).

Databases — local, remote, or cloud-hosted

Back up business-critical databases as part of the same backup job — automated, scheduled, and versioned. Supported/typical workflows include:

• PostgreSQL (native streaming) — e.g. self-hosted PostgreSQL, or managed PostgreSQL services (when reachable from the backup host).
• MariaDB / MySQL (native streaming) — local Docker networks or remote database servers.
• MongoDB (native streaming) — using mongodump/streaming into the archive.
• SQLite — file-based backups of the database files.
• Microsoft SQL Server / Azure SQL (Commercial) — hook-based backups with cloud-friendly authentication support (e.g., Azure SQL / SQL Server on Azure) and AWS environments when the backup host can connect.

If you’ve ever thought: “My file backup is fine, but the database is the real risk” — this is where Borgmatic UI shines.

Git repositories: backup and restore (Commercial)

Back up any Git repository

Borgmatic UI (Commercial) can back up source code at scale — not just working copies, but complete repositories — including:

• GitHub
• GitLab
• Azure DevOps
• Bitbucket
• Self-hosted Git servers (as long as they’re reachable via Git/HTTP/SSH)

This is useful for:

• Disaster recovery if a vendor account is locked or a repo is deleted
• Compliance and long-term retention independent of a single provider
• Keeping critical repositories available even during outages

Restore from archives back to Git hosting platforms

From the View/Restore experience you can restore Git repositories from a backup archive and push them into:

• GitHub
• GitLab
• Azure DevOps
• Bitbucket

The restore wizard is designed for real operations:

• Select which repositories to restore
• Provide new write credentials/tokens (separate from backup credentials)
• Choose naming/target options for restored repositories
• Test connectivity before starting the restore

What makes the UI “professional”

Visual configuration (wizard-driven)

• Configure sources (folders, databases, Git)
• Set retention rules (daily/weekly/monthly, etc.)
• Choose compression + encryption options
• Schedule backups and validate the configuration before it runs

Monitoring that’s actually usable

• Clear success/failure status
• Per-job and per-run logs
• Archive lists with timestamps, size information, and searchable history
• Restore history for accountability

Restore workflows you can trust

• Browse archives
• Restore selected files/directories
• Restore to a chosen destination folder (not only to the original path)

Community vs Commercial (Infinity Tools)

Community Edition (Free)

• Available as a standalone install and integrated into Infinity Tools Community
• Core backup configuration, monitoring, archives, and restore workflows
• Great for homelabs, small servers, and as a “backup UI” for a single team

Commercial Edition via Infinity Tools

• Director mode for centralized multi-server management (Commercial)
• Git backups + Git restore wizard for GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps/Bitbucket (Commercial)
• SQL Server backups with Azure authentication and AWS support (Commercial)
• Infinity Tools integration (one-click install, managed reverse proxy/SSL, unified app platform) (Commercial)

If you want to manage many servers/clients from one “backup command center”, Commercial/Infinity Tools is the fastest way to get there.

Get started

• Infinity Tools: install and manage Borgmatic UI as part of the Infinity Tools platform: https://speedbits.io
• Community Edition (Free): available on GitHub (search “borgmatic-ui community”)

Borgmatic UI is developed by Smart In Venture / Speedbits. Borg and Borgmatic remain open-source software under their respective licenses. Commercial-only features are explicitly marked above.