Release 1.4.2

borgbackup 1.4.2

borg 1.4.x is kind of a refreshed 1.2 with mostly the same features and behavior, but a few bigger changes that could introduce issues and thus were not suitable for just releasing them as 1.2.x, but rather needed some testing first.

Long changelog:

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.2/changes.html#version-1-4-2-2025-10-31

Short borg 1.4 overview (from a borg 1.2 perspective):

https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/borg-1.4.html

Installation

If you use pip to install this, use: pip install "borgbackup==1.4.2"

For other installation methods and more details, please see: https://borgbackup.org/

See also the 00_README.txt file in the assets list below for a description of the available "fat binary" downloads.

Discussion: #9120

Note:

• *-gh binaries are built on GitHub now.
• I built and signed the borg-linux-glibc231-x86_64* binaries locally.
• I built and signed the borg-freebsd-14-x86_64* binaries locally.