Quick Start

Install

Run the install script:

curl -fsSL https://vger.borgbase.com/install.sh | sh

Or download a pre-built binary from the releases page. See Installing for more details.

Create a config file

Generate a starter configuration in the current directory:

vger config

Or write it to a specific path:

vger config --dest ~/.config/vger/config.yaml

On Windows, use %APPDATA%\\vger\\config.yaml (for example: vger config --dest "$env:APPDATA\\vger\\config.yaml").

Edit the generated vger.yaml to set your repository path and source directories. Encryption is enabled by default. See Configuration for a full reference.

Initialize and back up

Initialize the repository (prompts for passphrase if encrypted):

vger init

Create a backup of all configured sources:

vger backup

Inspect snapshots

List all snapshots:

vger list

List files inside a snapshot (use the hex ID from vger list):

vger snapshot list a1b2c3d4

Search for a file across recent snapshots:

vger snapshot find --name '*.txt' --since 7d

Restore

Restore files from a snapshot to a directory:

vger restore a1b2c3d4 /tmp/restored

For backup options, snapshot browsing, and maintenance tasks, see the workflow guides.