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Duplicati is a backup client with strong encryption, deduplication, incremental backups, and broad cloud storage support — S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, FTP, WebDAV, SFTP. Web UI for managing backup jobs, scheduling, restore. Open-source, cross-platform, with a focus on encrypted off-site backup.

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// What it is

A closer look.

For self-hosters who refuse to trust cloud backup providers with unencrypted data.

// Use cases

What it's for.

Concrete scenarios where teams pick Duplicati over the SaaS alternative.

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Encrypted cloud backup

AES-256 encryption before upload

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Server backup

backup VPS data to cheap object storage

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Personal NAS backup

household data archival

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3-2-1 backup strategy

local + cloud + off-site backup

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Cross-cloud backup

backup from one cloud to another for redundancy

// Who it's for

Built for these teams.

If your team profile matches one of these, Duplicati is a strong fit out of the box.

Profile A

Self-hosters

wanting encrypted, automated VPS backup

Profile B

Photographers

archiving photo libraries to cheap S3

Profile C

Small businesses

backing up critical data to off-site cloud

Profile D

Privacy-conscious users

rejecting cloud backup with vendor-side encryption

Profile E

Sysadmins

building automated backup pipelines for client servers

// Differentiators

Why teams pick Duplicati.

When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Duplicati consistently lands above the alternatives.

✓Strong encryption — AES-256 with passphrase, encrypted before upload
✓Deduplication — block-level dedup reduces storage cost
✓Incremental forever — only changed blocks uploaded
✓GPL-2.0 — fully open
✓Broad cloud support — S3, B2, GDrive, OneDrive, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, etc.
✓Web UI — manage backups visually instead of CLI scripting

// Integrations

Connects to.

The stack you'll plug Duplicati into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.

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Cloud storage

S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Azure

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Self-host targets

SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, SMB / CIFS

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Local targets

local filesystem, USB, NAS

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Notification

email, Discord, Slack on backup success / failure

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Schedule

cron-like for daily / weekly / custom schedules

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Retention policies

keep N versions, time-based, smart retention

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Restore granularity

restore single file, folder, point-in-time

// Adoption & deployment

Notable users & community

12k+ GitHub stars
Active community in r/selfhosted and r/DataHoarder
Backed by Duplicati Inc.
Long-running OSS project (>10 years)
Featured in self-hosted backup tool roundups

What we ship

Docker compose: Duplicati + persistent config volume
Pinned lscr.io/linuxserver/duplicati:latest (LinuxServer.io maintained)
HTTPS via Let's Encrypt; admin password via env
Web UI on standard port
Mounted backup source volumes (configure in admin)
Persistent config + backup metadata volume
Backup hook covers Duplicati's own config (so backup tool's config is also backed up)