Bareos vs Duplicati

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

Bareos

AGPL-3.0

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

MIT

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

	Bareos	Duplicati
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,266	15,117
Forks	318	1,082
Open Issues	81	594
Last Commit	Oct 14, 2026	Oct 16, 2026
First Released	Aug 12, 2013	Aug 5, 2014
Categories	Backups	Backups
Tags	#backup #cli #cross-platform #self hosted	#backup #encryption #self hosted #cloud storage

Bareos

Duplicati15,117

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

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.