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restic vs Duplicacy: catalog facts
resticDuplicacy
Free

Free and open source, with no paid edition.

Freemium

The command-line version is free for personal use and its source is published. The…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first
  • Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed
  • Several machines can back up to one bucket and share deduplicated data with no server between them
  • Chunks are stored individually, so any storage with basic file operations works as a backend
  • Command line only; any graphical interface or scheduling comes from third-party projects
  • Still pre-1.0, so the project does not yet guarantee backward compatibility across major versions
  • Licence is not open source; commercial use and the web interface are paid
  • The free part is a command-line tool, so the friendly front end is the paid one
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: BSD-2-Clause License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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