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Minarca vs Bareos: catalog facts
Minarca	Bareos
Free Free and open source with no licensing fees.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted
Central server with dashboard and problem alerts Multi-tenant accounts with per-user quotas	It is a full client-server backup solution under AGPLv3 with no open-core restrictions, covering Linux, Windows, macOS…
Requires running your own server File-based only, not full system images	Setup is an administrator-level job involving a director, storage daemons and a database, which is far more work…
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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