burp vs Duplicati

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

burp

AGPL-3.0

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

MIT

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

	burp	Duplicati
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	502	15,038
Forks	77	1,080
Open Issues	80	629
Last Commit	Jul 13, 2026	Sep 26, 2026
First Released	Mar 28, 2011	Aug 5, 2014
Categories	Backups	Backups
Tags	#backup #cli #self hosted	#backup #encryption #self hosted #cloud storage

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

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.

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