Duplicati vs UrBackup

Comparing two open source alternatives to Acronis. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Duplicati

MIT

Free, open-source backup software that stores encrypted, incremental backups to cloud storage and remote servers.

AGPL-3.0

Client/server backup system combining file and image backups with fast incremental backups, a web admin UI, and bare-metal restore.

	Duplicati	UrBackup
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	15,077	936
Forks	1,083	176
Open Issues	604	20
Last Commit	Oct 10, 2026	Oct 5, 2026
First Released	Aug 5, 2014	Nov 20, 2012
Categories	Backups	Backups
Tags	#backup #encryption #self hosted #cloud storage	#backup #cross-platform #self hosted

Duplicati

UrBackup936

Open source network backup and recovery for mixed IT environments with disk, tape, and S3 storage, a web UI, and multi-OS clients.

High-performance server-based backup system that pools identical files across machines, with a web UI and no client-side software to install.

Lightweight client/server network backup and restore tool with librsync deduplication, TLS client authentication, and Windows and Unix clients.

Open-source, self-hosted database backup and restore platform for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and more.