borgbackup/borg

compare borg binaries produced by nuitka and pyinstaller

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#9,722 opened on Jun 4, 2026

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Description

See #9721 (master branch) or scripts/build*.

Interesting would be (for both nuitka and pyinstaller):

  • startup time for the single-file binary
  • temporary space usage (e.g. /tmp)
  • performance of a backup and a restore
  • performance of borgfs filesystem (borg mount)

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Research direction
Set up building borg with Nuitka and PyInstaller, run benchmarks for startup time, temp space usage, backup/restore performance, and borg mount performance, then compare and report.
Tech stack
python
Domain
build systemtesting
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3
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55