BackupPC vs CKAN
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted backup & recovery options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare BackupPC with
choose an app… Rclone Restic Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy Timeshift Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Rustic Back In Time Vorta btrbk Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic Restic Browser rdiff-backup ElkarBackup alt Snapper Bupstash ZnapZend Deja Dup Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Duplicity Minarca Backup Rdiffweb Kup Minarca BackupNinja HashBackup
Compare CKAN with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Backrest Duplicacy pgBackRest bitmagnet Timeshift WAL-G Docker Volume Backup Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Barman mydumper Rustic Back In Time pgBackWeb SnapRAID Vorta Open Archiver Wayback btrbk mail-archiver Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic MySQL backup XtraBackup Restic REST Server Gickup Stash by AppsCode Restic alt MiniBackup Restic Browser rdiff-backup Bareos ElkarBackup alt Snapper zrepl K8up Ganymede Bupstash UrBackup Kanister linux-timemachine ZFS Autobackup MySQL Backup Container Restic Cron ZnapZend Restic Mailer BorgWarehouse Deja Dup Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Knoxite ArchivesSpace ElkarBackup Collective Access - Providence Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Duplicity Conserve Backup Backblaze alt nono Nxs-backup Amanda Tarsnap GUI Minarca Backup DAR Obnam2 Rdiffweb Restic Exporter Kup Minarca BackupNinja Time Machine Eonvelope Yuno Archive Custom Backup Sosse HashBackup
Feature BackupPC CKAN Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License GPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 Language Perl Python Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 512 MB Deployment bare-metal, docker bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 1,621 ★ 5,088 First released 2001 2026 Replaces CrashPlan, Time Machine —
Why pick each one
Choose BackupPC if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (1.6k GitHub stars) Written in Perl BackupPC details Choose CKAN if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license Mature project with 5.1k GitHub stars Written in Python Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM CKAN details
Frequently asked questions Is BackupPC or CKAN better? CKAN is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider BackupPC if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are BackupPC and CKAN free and open-source? Yes. BackupPC is licensed under GPL-3.0 and CKAN under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run BackupPC and CKAN with Docker? BackupPC: yes. CKAN: check the project docs for container support.