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7 self-hosted Duplicati alternatives

Client-side backup application that encrypts, compresses, schedules, and versions file backups to multiple cloud storage providers (S3, Google Drive, etc.) via a web-based UI, supporting incremental backups and configurable retention.

Alternatives to Duplicati

Restic is a fast, efficient backup program with encryption, deduplication, snapshots, and multiple storage backends including local, SFTP, REST, and S3-compatible stores.

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35.2k stars1.8k forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Actively maintained

Cross-platform backup and restore tool with snapshot-based incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression, and deduplication via CLI and GUI.

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13.7k stars689 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Backrest provides a web UI to manage Restic backups across multiple repositories, with scheduling, restores, and notifications.

7k stars195 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted backup automation with a modern web UI, built on restic. Schedule, monitor, and restore encrypted backups from local or remote volumes to multiple repositories.

6.8k stars169 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Cross-platform backup tool with lock-free deduplication, encryption, snapshots, and pruning, supporting local disk, SFTP, and many cloud storage backends.

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5.7k stars352 forkslast commit Slowing down

Web-based tool to schedule, run and manage backups of Git repositories with retention controls and SMB destination support.

314 stars10 forksApache-2.0last commit Slowing down

What replacing Duplicati actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: BSD-2-Clause, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, MPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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