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Duplicati vs Pika Backup: catalog facts
Duplicati	Pika Backup
Free The backup client is free and open source. The vendor sells a separate commercial…	Free Free and open source under the GPL, part of GNOME Circle.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
A very long list of supported destinations, including most mainstream cloud storage AES-256 or GnuPG encryption applied before anything is uploaded	BorgBackup underneath, which is well tested and deduplicates aggressively Local and remote destinations can run at the same time
The stable and canary channels move at very different speeds, and the project spent years in beta Restores of very large backup sets can be slow, because the format is built around remote storage rather…	Designed for personal data; it does not support complete system recovery Linux only, and clearly built for GNOME
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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